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Method and apparatus for fluidizing coal tar sludge

EP 0198705 B1 · Applicant: Burnside, Kenneth D.

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  • Filed April 14, 1986 and granted July 8, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 2006.
  • 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 October 14, 2011.
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FiledApril 14, 1986
PublishedOctober 22, 1986
GrantedJuly 8, 1992
Term endedApril 14, 2006
Application numberEP 86302772
Classification (CPC)C10L1/322

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedApril 14, 1986PublishedOct 22, 1986Patent grantedJuly 8, 1992Term endedApril 14, 2006

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