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Apparatus and method for anaerobic digestion of biodegradable waste material

EP 0000293 B1 · Applicant: BIOMECHANICS LIMITED

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  • Filed July 4, 1978 and granted June 2, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 4, 1998.
  • 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 January 4, 2004.
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FiledJuly 4, 1978
PublishedJanuary 10, 1979
GrantedJune 2, 1982
Term endedJuly 4, 1998
Application numberEP 78300116
Classification (CPC)B01F27/15 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedJuly 4, 1978PublishedJan 10, 1979Patent grantedJune 2, 1982Term endedJuly 4, 1998

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