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Polished-rice humidifying apparatus and rice milling system

EP 0334599 B1 · Applicant: SATAKE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

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  • Filed March 21, 1989 and granted October 13, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 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 21, 2014.
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FiledMarch 21, 1989
PublishedSeptember 27, 1989
GrantedOctober 13, 1993
Term endedMarch 21, 2009
Application numberEP 89302788
Classification (CPC)B02B3/00 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMarch 21, 1989PublishedSep 27, 1989Patent grantedOct 13, 1993Term endedMarch 21, 2009

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