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Method for generating electricity

EP 0361612 B1 · Applicant: KTI GROUP B.V.

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  • Filed September 25, 1989 and granted August 3, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 25, 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 March 25, 2015.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1989
PublishedApril 4, 1990
GrantedAugust 3, 1994
Term endedSeptember 25, 2009
Application numberEP 89202410
Classification (CPC)H01M8/0612

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedSep 25, 1989PublishedApril 4, 1990Patent grantedAug 3, 1994Term endedSep 25, 2009

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