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Method for rendering waste substances harmless

EP 0678348 B1 · Applicant: Ritter, Robert A.

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  • Filed April 16, 1995 and granted June 3, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 16, 2015.
  • 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 16, 2020.
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FiledApril 16, 1995
PublishedOctober 25, 1995
GrantedJune 3, 1998
Term endedApril 16, 2015
Application numberEP 95250091
Classification (CPC)C09K3/32 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedApril 16, 1995PublishedOct 25, 1995Patent grantedJune 3, 1998Term endedApril 16, 2015

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