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Method for the removal of H2S and/or ash from molten sulfur

EP 0045636 B1 · Applicant: EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY

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  • Filed July 31, 1981 and granted March 27, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 2001.
  • 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 January 31, 2007.
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FiledJuly 31, 1981
PublishedFebruary 10, 1982
GrantedMarch 27, 1985
Term endedJuly 31, 2001
Application numberEP 81303510
Classification (CPC)C01B17/0232

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJuly 31, 1981PublishedFeb 10, 1982Patent grantedMarch 27, 1985Term endedJuly 31, 2001

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