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Calcination method and apparatus for gypsum or similar materials

EP 0230793 B1 · Applicant: BPB INDUSTRIES public limited company

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  • Filed December 31, 1986 and granted July 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 31, 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 July 1, 2012.
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FiledDecember 31, 1986
PublishedAugust 5, 1987
GrantedJuly 25, 1990
Term endedDecember 31, 2006
Application numberEP 86310237
Classification (CPC)C04B11/0281

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 31, 1986PublishedAug 5, 1987Patent grantedJuly 25, 1990Term endedDec 31, 2006

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