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Continuous filtration device

EP 0539554 B1 · Applicant: PROCESS FILTRATION AND LIQUID EQUIPMENT

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  • Filed May 15, 1992 and granted July 5, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 2012.
  • 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 November 15, 2017.
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FiledMay 15, 1992
PublishedMay 5, 1993
GrantedJuly 5, 1995
Term endedMay 15, 2012
Application numberEP 92909924
Classification (CPC)B01D33/19

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMay 15, 1992PublishedMay 5, 1993Patent grantedJuly 5, 1995Term endedMay 15, 2012

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