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Calcination process for the production of alumina from alumina trihydrate and apparatus therefor

EP 0502896 B1 · Applicant: ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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  • Filed November 23, 1990 and granted December 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 2010.
  • 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 23, 2016.
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FiledNovember 23, 1990
PublishedSeptember 16, 1992
GrantedDecember 29, 1993
Term endedNovember 23, 2010
Application numberEP 90917380
Classification (CPC)C01F7/445 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 23, 1990PublishedSep 16, 1992Patent grantedDec 29, 1993Term endedNov 23, 2010

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