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Means for removing ascorbic acid from aqueous fluids

EP 0016962 B1 · Applicant: BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH

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  • Filed February 26, 1980 and granted July 28, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 2000.
  • 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 August 26, 2005.
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FiledFebruary 26, 1980
PublishedOctober 15, 1980
GrantedJuly 28, 1982
Term endedFebruary 26, 2000
Application numberEP 80100958
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/26 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedFeb 26, 1980PublishedOct 15, 1980Patent grantedJuly 28, 1982Term endedFeb 26, 2000

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