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Microbial degradation of obnoxious organic wastes into innocuous material

EP 0167006 B1 · Applicant: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 24, 1982 and granted March 6, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 24, 2002.
  • 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 March 24, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 24, 1982
PublishedJanuary 8, 1986
GrantedMarch 6, 1991
Term endedSeptember 24, 2002
Application numberEP 85106991
Classification (CPC)C12N15/00 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedSep 24, 1982PublishedJan 8, 1986Patent grantedMarch 6, 1991Term endedSep 24, 2002

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