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Method of controlling an anaerobic treatment process

EP 0135486 B1 · Applicant: PURAC AKTIEBOLAG

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  • Filed July 18, 1984 and granted October 7, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 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 January 18, 2010.
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FiledJuly 18, 1984
PublishedMarch 27, 1985
GrantedOctober 7, 1987
Term endedJuly 18, 2004
Application numberEP 84850223
Classification (CPC)C12M41/00 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJuly 18, 1984PublishedMarch 27, 1985Patent grantedOct 7, 1987Term endedJuly 18, 2004

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