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Fluid treatment process

EP 0201640 B1 · Applicant: ECO-TEC LIMITED

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  • Filed June 7, 1985 and granted August 28, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 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 December 7, 2010.
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FiledJune 7, 1985
PublishedNovember 20, 1986
GrantedAugust 28, 1991
Term endedJune 7, 2005
Application numberEP 85304056
Classification (CPC)B01J47/02

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJune 7, 1985PublishedNov 20, 1986Patent grantedAug 28, 1991Term endedJune 7, 2005

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