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Process for producing and compacting a fuel and corresponding fuel

EP 0497953 B1 · Applicant: Hölter, Heinz, Dipl.-Ing.

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  • Filed August 26, 1991 and granted February 28, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 26, 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 26, 2017.
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FiledAugust 26, 1991
PublishedAugust 12, 1992
GrantedFebruary 28, 1996
Term endedAugust 26, 2011
Application numberEP 91915288
Classification (CPC)C10L5/40 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 26, 1991PublishedAug 12, 1992Patent grantedFeb 28, 1996Term endedAug 26, 2011

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