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Catalyst and process for the treatment of exhaust gases from internal-combustion engines

EP 0170588 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE DES PRODUITS POUR CATALYSE PRO-CATALYSE

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  • Filed July 19, 1985 and granted June 29, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 19, 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 January 19, 2011.
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FiledJuly 19, 1985
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedJune 29, 1988
Term endedJuly 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85401489
Classification (CPC)B01J23/894 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 19, 1985PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedJune 29, 1988Term endedJuly 19, 2005

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