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Method and apparatus for the wet separation of heterogeneous mixtures containing solids having different densities

EP 0469360 B1 · Applicant: OFFICINE MECCANICHE FERRERO S.p.A.

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  • Filed July 12, 1991 and granted January 26, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 12, 2011.
  • 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 January 12, 2017.
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FiledJuly 12, 1991
PublishedFebruary 5, 1992
GrantedJanuary 26, 1994
Term endedJuly 12, 2011
Application numberEP 91111589
Classification (CPC)B03B5/28 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 12, 1991PublishedFeb 5, 1992Patent grantedJan 26, 1994Term endedJuly 12, 2011

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