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Method of producing low bulk density hollow fine powder of table salt

EP 0696551 B1 · Applicant: OSAKA FUJI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed August 2, 1995 and granted July 15, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 2, 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 February 2, 2021.
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FiledAugust 2, 1995
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedJuly 15, 1998
Term endedAugust 2, 2015
Application numberEP 95112166
Classification (CPC)C01D3/22 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedAug 2, 1995PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedJuly 15, 1998Term endedAug 2, 2015

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