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Apparatus for separating and drying fine particles

EP 0271985 B1 · Applicant: Nihon Schumacher K.K.

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  • Filed October 29, 1987 and granted April 8, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 29, 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 April 29, 2013.
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FiledOctober 29, 1987
PublishedJune 22, 1988
GrantedApril 8, 1992
Term endedOctober 29, 2007
Application numberEP 87309579
Classification (CPC)B01D29/01 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedOct 29, 1987PublishedJune 22, 1988Patent grantedApril 8, 1992Term endedOct 29, 2007

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