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Device and process for separating bulk goods of relatively small volume

EP 0379481 B1 · Applicant: Krämer, Norbert

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  • Filed April 2, 1988 and granted September 11, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 2, 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 October 2, 2013.
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FiledApril 2, 1988
PublishedAugust 1, 1990
GrantedSeptember 11, 1991
Term endedApril 2, 2008
Application numberEP 88902809
Classification (CPC)B65G47/1492

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 2, 1988PublishedAug 1, 1990Patent grantedSep 11, 1991Term endedApril 2, 2008

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