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Gas filtration unit

EP 0240132 B1 · Applicant: Mignot, Guy Felix

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  • Filed February 23, 1987 and granted January 2, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 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 23, 2012.
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FiledFebruary 23, 1987
PublishedOctober 7, 1987
GrantedJanuary 2, 1991
Term endedFebruary 23, 2007
Application numberEP 87301537
Classification (CPC)F02M35/022 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedFeb 23, 1987PublishedOct 7, 1987Patent grantedJan 2, 1991Term endedFeb 23, 2007

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