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Method for recovering platinum group metals, deposited as thin films ou ceramic substrates, from used catalysts

EP 0482980 B1 · Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

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  • Filed October 14, 1991 and granted February 23, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 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 April 14, 2017.
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FiledOctober 14, 1991
PublishedApril 29, 1992
GrantedFebruary 23, 1994
Term endedOctober 14, 2011
Application numberEP 91402740
Classification (CPC)C22B7/009 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 14, 1991PublishedApril 29, 1992Patent grantedFeb 23, 1994Term endedOct 14, 2011

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