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Methods for reducing sulfides in sewage gas

EP 0540666 B1 · Applicant: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 24, 1991 and granted February 17, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 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 January 24, 2017.
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FiledJuly 24, 1991
PublishedMay 12, 1993
GrantedFebruary 17, 1999
Term endedJuly 24, 2011
Application numberEP 91914985
Classification (CPC)B01D53/485 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 24, 1991PublishedMay 12, 1993Patent grantedFeb 17, 1999Term endedJuly 24, 2011

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