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Activated carbon, production thereof and its use for adsorption

EP 0488105 B1 · Applicant: THE SOCIAL WELFARE FOUNDATION HOKKAIDO REHABILY

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  • Filed November 25, 1991 and granted January 31, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 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 May 25, 2017.
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FiledNovember 25, 1991
PublishedJune 3, 1992
GrantedJanuary 31, 1996
Term endedNovember 25, 2011
Application numberEP 91120054
Classification (CPC)F01N3/0807 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedNov 25, 1991PublishedJune 3, 1992Patent grantedJan 31, 1996Term endedNov 25, 2011

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