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A device for distributing liquid, especially washing liquid for washing paper pulp

EP 0720674 B1 · Applicant: Kvaerner Pulping AB

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  • Filed September 12, 1994 and granted June 3, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 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 12, 2020.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1994
PublishedJuly 10, 1996
GrantedJune 3, 1998
Term endedSeptember 12, 2014
Application numberEP 94928528
Classification (CPC)D21C9/04

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedSep 12, 1994PublishedJuly 10, 1996Patent grantedJune 3, 1998Term endedSep 12, 2014

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