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Device and process for the filtration of molten metals

EP 0146497 B1 · Applicant: SCHWEIZERISCHE ALUMINIUM AG

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  • Filed November 5, 1984 and granted January 25, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 5, 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 May 5, 2010.
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FiledNovember 5, 1984
PublishedJune 26, 1985
GrantedJanuary 25, 1989
Term endedNovember 5, 2004
Application numberEP 84810533
Classification (CPC)B01D29/03

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedNov 5, 1984PublishedJune 26, 1985Patent grantedJan 25, 1989Term endedNov 5, 2004

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