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A method for manufacturing spherical silica from olivine

EP 0720587 B1 · Applicant: Olerud, Svein

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  • Filed September 1, 1994 and granted December 29, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 1, 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 March 1, 2020.
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FiledSeptember 1, 1994
PublishedJuly 10, 1996
GrantedDecember 29, 1997
Term endedSeptember 1, 2014
Application numberEP 94927107
Classification (CPC)B82Y30/00 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedSep 1, 1994PublishedJuly 10, 1996Patent grantedDec 29, 1997Term endedSep 1, 2014

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