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Liquid valve

EP 0835401 B1 · Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUX

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  • Filed April 12, 1995 and granted March 6, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 2015.
  • 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 October 12, 2020.
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FiledApril 12, 1995
PublishedApril 15, 1998
GrantedMarch 6, 2002
Term endedApril 12, 2015
Application numberEP 95916889
Classification (CPC)F16K23/00 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedApril 12, 1995PublishedApril 15, 1998Patent grantedMarch 6, 2002Term endedApril 12, 2015

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