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• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
SCOTSMAN GROUP LLC	775 CORPORATE WOODS PARKWAY VERNON HILLS IL 60061

International Classification(s)

• F25C:PRODUCTION, WORKING, STORING OR DISTRIBUTION OF IC....

• 2005 Application Filing Year
• F25C Class
• 94 Applications Filed
• 41 Patents Issued To-Date
• 43.62 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Allison, Matthew W	Mundelein, IL	16	187
# of filed Patents : 16 Total Citations : 187
Jaszkowski, Daniel Alan	Racine, WI	1	15
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 15
Pearson, Garth Kurt	Lake Bluff, IL	1	15
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 15

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• 15 Citation Count
• F25C Class

• 71.43 % this patent is cited more than
• 18 Age

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
April 17, 2007	US,7204091,B2   US7204091B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
August 04, 2005	US,20050166612,A1   US20050166612A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 7204091

Maintenance and cleaning for an ice machine

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Abstract

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An ice-making machine and method of maintaining and cleaning an ice-making machine are provided. The ice-making machine has predictive maintenance and cleaning. Operational conditions of the ice-making machine, such as, for example, water quality, are used to establish service intervals and/or types of service, and the service intervals and/or types of service are indicated to the user with a lead-time to allow for timely obtaining the service.

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