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Process for recycling inert particulate materials

EP 0540809 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 22, 1992 and granted March 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 October 22, 2017.
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FiledApril 22, 1992
PublishedMay 12, 1993
GrantedMarch 27, 1996
Term endedApril 22, 2012
Application numberEP 92106893
Classification (CPC)C08F210/16 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedApril 22, 1992PublishedMay 12, 1993Patent grantedMarch 27, 1996Term endedApril 22, 2012

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