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Process and apparatus for effecting mass transfer

EP 0023745 B1 · Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC

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  • Filed November 13, 1978 and granted May 8, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 13, 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 May 13, 2004.
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FiledNovember 13, 1978
PublishedFebruary 11, 1981
GrantedMay 8, 1985
Term endedNovember 13, 1998
Application numberEP 80200730
Classification (CPC)B01J19/1806 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedNov 13, 1978PublishedFeb 11, 1981Patent grantedMay 8, 1985Term endedNov 13, 1998

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