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Method and apparatus for evaporation of liquids

EP 0485375 B1 · Applicant: A. AHLSTROM CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 10, 1989 and granted February 16, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 10, 2009.
  • 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 10, 2015.
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FiledJuly 10, 1989
PublishedMay 20, 1992
GrantedFebruary 16, 1994
Term endedJuly 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89908436
Classification (CPC)B01D1/0094 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJuly 10, 1989PublishedMay 20, 1992Patent grantedFeb 16, 1994Term endedJuly 10, 2009

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