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Recovery of cerium from fluoride-containing ores

EP 0692035 B1 · Applicant: UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA

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  • Filed March 29, 1993 and granted April 29, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2018.
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FiledMarch 29, 1993
PublishedJanuary 17, 1996
GrantedApril 29, 1998
Term endedMarch 29, 2013
Application numberEP 93909459
Classification (CPC)C01F17/247 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedMarch 29, 1993PublishedJan 17, 1996Patent grantedApril 29, 1998Term endedMarch 29, 2013

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