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Process and apparatus for controlling the composition of a mixture leaving an evaporator

EP 0244079 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.

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  • Filed March 24, 1987 and granted November 25, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 24, 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 September 24, 2012.
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FiledMarch 24, 1987
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedNovember 25, 1992
Term endedMarch 24, 2007
Application numberEP 87302521
Classification (CPC)B01D1/0082 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMarch 24, 1987PublishedNov 4, 1987Patent grantedNov 25, 1992Term endedMarch 24, 2007

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