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Gravity fed band filter for the filtration of liquids containing solid particles

EP 0347445 B1 · Applicant: Wilkes, Kurt

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  • Filed November 28, 1988 and granted May 27, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 28, 2008.
  • 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 28, 2014.
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FiledNovember 28, 1988
PublishedDecember 27, 1989
GrantedMay 27, 1992
Term endedNovember 28, 2008
Application numberEP 88909982
Classification (CPC)B01D29/09 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 28, 1988PublishedDec 27, 1989Patent grantedMay 27, 1992Term endedNov 28, 2008

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