The patent EP2984431 was granted to Valutec on Feb 19, 2025. The application was originally filed on Apr 3, 2014 under application number EP14782103A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

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| DESCRIPTION | JP2000351103 |
| DESCRIPTION | JP2008307790 |
| DESCRIPTION | WO0225192 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | JP2000351103 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | JP2008307790 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | JP2009241265 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US4255870 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO0225192 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO9522035 |
| OPPOSITION | DE2941037 |
| OPPOSITION | DE4326877 |
| OPPOSITION | WO0225192 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2007147181 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2011149327 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2012045552 |
| SEARCH | FR2526139 |
| SEARCH | JP2000351103 |
| SEARCH | WO0225192 |
| SEARCH | WO8502250 |
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| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Datei:Diagramm Feuchtkugeltemperatur.jpg Wikipedia", Wikipedia, (20200628), XP055776478 |
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