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Nitrogen generation

EP 0183446 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 14, 1985 and granted May 16, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 14, 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 May 14, 2011.
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FiledNovember 14, 1985
PublishedJune 4, 1986
GrantedMay 16, 1990
Term endedNovember 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85308312
Classification (CPC)F25J3/044 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 14, 1985PublishedJune 4, 1986Patent grantedMay 16, 1990Term endedNov 14, 2005

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