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Refiner for the treatment of fibrous material

EP 0256972 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed August 13, 1987 and granted December 27, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 13, 2013.
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FiledAugust 13, 1987
PublishedFebruary 24, 1988
GrantedDecember 27, 1990
Term endedAugust 13, 2007
Application numberEP 87730093
Classification (CPC)B02C7/12 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedAug 13, 1987PublishedFeb 24, 1988Patent grantedDec 27, 1990Term endedAug 13, 2007

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