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Microwave oven with improved door

EP 0823830 B1 · Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed September 16, 1996 and granted August 18, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 16, 2016.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by March 16, 2022.
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FiledSeptember 16, 1996
PublishedFebruary 11, 1998
GrantedAugust 18, 2004
Term endedSeptember 16, 2016
Application numberEP 96114784
Classification (CPC)F24C15/023 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedSep 16, 1996PublishedFeb 11, 1998Patent grantedAug 18, 2004Term endedSep 16, 2016

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