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Removal of sulfur and/or sulfur compound from industrial process streams using metal alumina spinel

EP 0033424 B1 · Applicant: EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY

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  • Filed December 29, 1980 and granted May 11, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 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 June 29, 2006.
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FiledDecember 29, 1980
PublishedAugust 12, 1981
GrantedMay 11, 1988
Term endedDecember 29, 2000
Application numberEP 80304734
Classification (CPC)B01D53/02

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedDec 29, 1980PublishedAug 12, 1981Patent grantedMay 11, 1988Term endedDec 29, 2000

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