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Washing method

EP 0686188 B1 · Applicant: ING. THOR MARCUS KJEMISKE AS

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  • Filed February 24, 1994 and granted December 1, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 24, 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 August 24, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 24, 1994
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedDecember 1, 1999
Term endedFebruary 24, 2014
Application numberEP 94908525
Classification (CPC)C11D3/225

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 24, 1994PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedDec 1, 1999Term endedFeb 24, 2014

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