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Device for removing oil from the water surface

EP 0145876 B1 · Applicant: Ralf F. Piepho Abwassertechnik GmbH

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  • Filed October 10, 1984 and granted September 7, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 10, 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 April 10, 2010.
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FiledOctober 10, 1984
PublishedJune 26, 1985
GrantedSeptember 7, 1988
Term endedOctober 10, 2004
Application numberEP 84112120
Classification (CPC)E02B15/102

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 10, 1984PublishedJune 26, 1985Patent grantedSep 7, 1988Term endedOct 10, 2004

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