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Process for automatically emptying and cleaning sanitary containers and apparatus for carrying out the process

EP 0093846 B1 · Applicant: S I C AG

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  • Filed February 28, 1983 and granted January 2, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 2003.
  • 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 August 28, 2008.
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FiledFebruary 28, 1983
PublishedNovember 16, 1983
GrantedJanuary 2, 1986
Term endedFebruary 28, 2003
Application numberEP 83101940
Classification (CPC)A61G9/02

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedFeb 28, 1983PublishedNov 16, 1983Patent grantedJan 2, 1986Term endedFeb 28, 2003

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