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Process and apparatus for obtaining silicon from fluosilicic acid

EP 0131586 B1 · Applicant: SRI INTERNATIONAL

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  • Filed November 7, 1983 and granted July 31, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 7, 2009.
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FiledNovember 7, 1983
PublishedJanuary 23, 1985
GrantedJuly 31, 1991
Term endedNovember 7, 2003
Application numberEP 84900157
Classification (CPC)C30B11/00 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedNov 7, 1983PublishedJan 23, 1985Patent grantedJuly 31, 1991Term endedNov 7, 2003

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