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A process for the recovery of valuable metals from the ashes of normal and complex pyrites

EP 0134435 B1 · Applicant: COMPANIA ESPANOLA DE MINAS DE THARSIS, S.A.

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  • Filed June 18, 1984 and granted October 19, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 18, 2004.
  • 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 December 18, 2009.
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FiledJune 18, 1984
PublishedMarch 20, 1985
GrantedOctober 19, 1988
Term endedJune 18, 2004
Application numberEP 84106957
Classification (CPC)C22B7/02 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJune 18, 1984PublishedMarch 20, 1985Patent grantedOct 19, 1988Term endedJune 18, 2004

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