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Process for preheating iron-containing reactor feed prior to being treated in a fluidized bed reactor

EP 0542885 B1 · Applicant: IRON CARBIDE HOLDINGS LIMITED

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  • Filed July 23, 1991 and granted December 2, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 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 23, 2017.
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FiledJuly 23, 1991
PublishedMay 26, 1993
GrantedDecember 2, 1998
Term endedJuly 23, 2011
Application numberEP 91915647
Classification (CPC)C01B32/914 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 23, 1991PublishedMay 26, 1993Patent grantedDec 2, 1998Term endedJuly 23, 2011

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