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Process for controlling the biological fouling of reverse osmosis permeators

EP 0024875 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed August 19, 1980 and granted November 13, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 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 February 19, 2006.
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FiledAugust 19, 1980
PublishedMarch 11, 1981
GrantedNovember 13, 1985
Term endedAugust 19, 2000
Application numberEP 80302868
Classification (CPC)B01D65/08 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedAug 19, 1980PublishedMarch 11, 1981Patent grantedNov 13, 1985Term endedAug 19, 2000

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