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Closed loop waste treatment and water recycling toilet system and method of operation

EP 0002115 B1 · Applicant: THETFORD CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 30, 1978 and granted June 17, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 30, 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 April 30, 2004.
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FiledOctober 30, 1978
PublishedMay 30, 1979
GrantedJune 17, 1981
Term endedOctober 30, 1998
Application numberEP 78300565
Classification (CPC)C02F3/302 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedOct 30, 1978PublishedMay 30, 1979Patent grantedJune 17, 1981Term endedOct 30, 1998

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