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Process and apparatus for producing bean curd

EP 0334461 B1 · Applicant: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed March 24, 1989 and granted November 30, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 24, 2009.
  • 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, 2014.
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FiledMarch 24, 1989
PublishedSeptember 27, 1989
GrantedNovember 30, 1994
Term endedMarch 24, 2009
Application numberEP 89200773
Classification (CPC)A23L11/45

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMarch 24, 1989PublishedSep 27, 1989Patent grantedNov 30, 1994Term endedMarch 24, 2009

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