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Hydrocyclones

EP 0346328 B1 · Applicant: MERPRO MONTASSA LIMITED

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  • Filed November 26, 1987 and granted September 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 26, 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 May 26, 2013.
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FiledNovember 26, 1987
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedSeptember 29, 1993
Term endedNovember 26, 2007
Application numberEP 87907917
Classification (CPC)B04C3/00 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedNov 26, 1987PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedSep 29, 1993Term endedNov 26, 2007

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