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Procedure and device for the reduction of the content in lead and sulphur compounds in the exhaust gases of endothermic engines

EP 0474579 A2 · Applicant: CARBONES PEDRAFORCA, S.A.

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  • Filed August 13, 1991 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 13, 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 February 13, 2017.
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FiledAugust 13, 1991
PublishedMarch 11, 1992
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 13, 2011
Application numberEP 91500097
Classification (CPC)B01D53/0415 +1 more

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