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Microwave oven door operated switch

EP 1180916 A2 · Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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  • Filed January 31, 2001 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 31, 2021.
  • 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 July 31, 2026.
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FiledJanuary 31, 2001
PublishedFebruary 20, 2002
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJanuary 31, 2021
Application numberEP 01300856
Classification (CPC)H05B6/66

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