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Process and plant for the cryogenic purification of hydrogen

EP 0655596 B1 · Applicant: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE

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  • Filed October 10, 1994 and granted August 27, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 10, 2014.
  • 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 April 10, 2020.
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FiledOctober 10, 1994
PublishedMay 31, 1995
GrantedAugust 27, 1997
Term endedOctober 10, 2014
Application numberEP 94402267
Classification (CPC)F25J3/0695 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 10, 1994PublishedMay 31, 1995Patent grantedAug 27, 1997Term endedOct 10, 2014

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