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Method and apparatus for generating fuel gas

EP 0698655 B1 · Applicant: YUGEN KAISHA LIBO

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  • Filed April 22, 1994 and granted December 29, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 October 22, 2019.
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FiledApril 22, 1994
PublishedFebruary 28, 1996
GrantedDecember 29, 1999
Term endedApril 22, 2014
Application numberEP 94913794
Classification (CPC)C10L3/00

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 22, 1994PublishedFeb 28, 1996Patent grantedDec 29, 1999Term endedApril 22, 2014

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