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Thermophilic denitrification of tobacco

EP 0076642 B1 · Applicant: Philip Morris Products Inc.

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  • Filed September 29, 1982 and granted December 23, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 29, 2002.
  • 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 March 29, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1982
PublishedApril 13, 1983
GrantedDecember 23, 1987
Term endedSeptember 29, 2002
Application numberEP 82305173
Classification (CPC)A24B15/20

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedSep 29, 1982PublishedApril 13, 1983Patent grantedDec 23, 1987Term endedSep 29, 2002

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