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A filter element for filtering fluids

EP 0119340 B1 · Applicant: Filtration Water Filters for Agriculture and Industry Ltd.

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  • Filed March 21, 1983 and granted August 17, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 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 September 21, 2008.
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FiledMarch 21, 1983
PublishedSeptember 26, 1984
GrantedAugust 17, 1988
Term endedMarch 21, 2003
Application numberEP 83301551
Classification (CPC)B01D35/10 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 21, 1983PublishedSep 26, 1984Patent grantedAug 17, 1988Term endedMarch 21, 2003

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