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Method for producing fly ash granules

EP 0720971 B1 · Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 2, 1996 and granted September 1, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 2, 2016.
  • 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 July 2, 2021.
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FiledJanuary 2, 1996
PublishedJuly 10, 1996
GrantedSeptember 1, 1999
Term endedJanuary 2, 2016
Application numberEP 96100012
Classification (CPC)C04B18/022

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJan 2, 1996PublishedJuly 10, 1996Patent grantedSep 1, 1999Term endedJan 2, 2016

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