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Device for the preparation of liquids being essentially composed of methanol

EP 0201670 B1 · Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed February 22, 1986 and granted May 26, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 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 August 22, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1986
PublishedNovember 20, 1986
GrantedMay 26, 1993
Term endedFebruary 22, 2006
Application numberEP 86102304
Classification (CPC)B01J37/024 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 22, 1986PublishedNov 20, 1986Patent grantedMay 26, 1993Term endedFeb 22, 2006

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