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Absorbent granular material and process and apparatus for making the absorbent granular material

EP 0751253 A2 · Applicant: MARCAL PAPER MILLS, INC.

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  • Filed May 20, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 20, 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 November 20, 2021.
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FiledMay 20, 1996
PublishedJanuary 2, 1997
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMay 20, 2016
Application numberEP 96107993
Classification (CPC)C05D9/00 +2 more

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