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Process for controlling the respiration activity of microorganisms in an activated sludge process in waste water treatment

EP 0656323 B1 · Applicant: Albert, Alfred

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  • Filed November 8, 1994 and granted February 20, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 8, 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 May 8, 2020.
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FiledNovember 8, 1994
PublishedJune 7, 1995
GrantedFebruary 20, 2002
Term endedNovember 8, 2014
Application numberEP 94117617
Classification (CPC)C02F3/34 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 8, 1994PublishedJune 7, 1995Patent grantedFeb 20, 2002Term endedNov 8, 2014

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