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Filtration device for contaminated fluids and method of operation

EP 0554237 B1 · Applicant: WENDELIN, Georg

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  • Filed January 26, 1993 and granted April 3, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 26, 2013.
  • 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 July 26, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 26, 1993
PublishedAugust 4, 1993
GrantedApril 3, 1996
Term endedJanuary 26, 2013
Application numberEP 93890010
Classification (CPC)B01D29/01 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJan 26, 1993PublishedAug 4, 1993Patent grantedApril 3, 1996Term endedJan 26, 2013

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