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Process for the biological purification of waste water

EP 0163159 B1 · Applicant: Linde Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed May 2, 1985 and granted February 4, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 2005.
  • 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 November 2, 2010.
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FiledMay 2, 1985
PublishedDecember 4, 1985
GrantedFebruary 4, 1987
Term endedMay 2, 2005
Application numberEP 85105369
Classification (CPC)C02F3/085

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 2, 1985PublishedDec 4, 1985Patent grantedFeb 4, 1987Term endedMay 2, 2005

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