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Furnace inside state estimation control apparatus of pulverized coal combustion furnace

EP 0773408 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed November 5, 1996 and granted October 6, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 5, 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 May 5, 2022.
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FiledNovember 5, 1996
PublishedMay 14, 1997
GrantedOctober 6, 1999
Term endedNovember 5, 2016
Application numberEP 96117700
Classification (CPC)F23N5/003 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedNov 5, 1996PublishedMay 14, 1997Patent grantedOct 6, 1999Term endedNov 5, 2016

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