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Improved nitrogen rejection fractionation system for variable nitrogen content natural gas

EP 0233609 B1 · Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.

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  • Filed February 13, 1987 and granted July 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 13, 2007.
  • 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 13, 2012.
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FiledFebruary 13, 1987
PublishedAugust 26, 1987
GrantedJuly 18, 1990
Term endedFebruary 13, 2007
Application numberEP 87102068
Classification (CPC)F25J3/0257 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedFeb 13, 1987PublishedAug 26, 1987Patent grantedJuly 18, 1990Term endedFeb 13, 2007

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