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Apparatus for the continuous production of a multivalent metal by electrolysis of a halide thereof dissolved in a molten bath

EP 0394154 B1 · Applicant: CEZUS Compagnie Européenne du Zirconium

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  • Filed April 19, 1990 and granted June 16, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 2010.
  • 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 19, 2015.
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FiledApril 19, 1990
PublishedOctober 24, 1990
GrantedJune 16, 1993
Term endedApril 19, 2010
Application numberEP 90420196
Classification (CPC)C25C3/00 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 19, 1990PublishedOct 24, 1990Patent grantedJune 16, 1993Term endedApril 19, 2010

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