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Means for control of fluid distribution in low temperature separator

EP 0050615 B1 · Applicant: COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.

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  • Filed April 25, 1980 and granted August 22, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 25, 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 October 25, 2005.
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FiledApril 25, 1980
PublishedMay 5, 1982
GrantedAugust 22, 1984
Term endedApril 25, 2000
Application numberEP 80901433
Classification (CPC)B01D19/0042

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 25, 1980PublishedMay 5, 1982Patent grantedAug 22, 1984Term endedApril 25, 2000

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