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Liquid reservoir with a drain

EP 0450109 B1 · Applicant: Rompf Klärwerkeinrichtungen GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed March 31, 1990 and granted May 25, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 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 1, 2015.
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FiledMarch 31, 1990
PublishedOctober 9, 1991
GrantedMay 25, 1994
Term endedMarch 31, 2010
Application numberEP 90106223
Classification (CPC)B01D21/2433 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 31, 1990PublishedOct 9, 1991Patent grantedMay 25, 1994Term endedMarch 31, 2010

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