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Biological filter for the production of potable water, and related controlling process

EP 0377356 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE PICA-PRODUITS INDUSTRIELS ET CHARBONS ACTIFS

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  • Filed November 30, 1989 and granted April 15, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2015.
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FiledNovember 30, 1989
PublishedJuly 11, 1990
GrantedApril 15, 1992
Term endedNovember 30, 2009
Application numberEP 89403327
Classification (CPC)C02F3/006 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 30, 1989PublishedJuly 11, 1990Patent grantedApril 15, 1992Term endedNov 30, 2009

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