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Method for the regeneration of spent alumina-based catalysts

EP 0244014 B1 · Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.

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  • Filed April 15, 1987 and granted August 21, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 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 October 15, 2012.
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FiledApril 15, 1987
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedAugust 21, 1991
Term endedApril 15, 2007
Application numberEP 87200729
Classification (CPC)B01J21/20 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 15, 1987PublishedNov 4, 1987Patent grantedAug 21, 1991Term endedApril 15, 2007

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