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Continuous digester for the production of biomethane from organic substances

EP 0128166 B1 · Applicant: Guerin, Maurice

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  • Filed December 7, 1983 and granted May 7, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 7, 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 June 7, 2009.
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FiledDecember 7, 1983
PublishedDecember 19, 1984
GrantedMay 7, 1986
Term endedDecember 7, 2003
Application numberEP 83903802
Classification (CPC)C12M23/36 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 7, 1983PublishedDec 19, 1984Patent grantedMay 7, 1986Term endedDec 7, 2003

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