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Process and plant for air separation

EP 0713069 B1 · Applicant: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE

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  • Filed December 9, 1992 and granted April 26, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 9, 2012.
  • 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 June 9, 2018.
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FiledDecember 9, 1992
PublishedMay 22, 1996
GrantedApril 26, 2000
Term endedDecember 9, 2012
Application numberEP 96200235
Classification (CPC)F25J3/04418 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedDec 9, 1992PublishedMay 22, 1996Patent grantedApril 26, 2000Term endedDec 9, 2012

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