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Process and device for reducing pollutants, especially nitrogen oxides in combustion exhaust gases

EP 0820342 B1 · Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

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  • Filed April 6, 1996 and granted September 1, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 6, 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 October 6, 2021.
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FiledApril 6, 1996
PublishedJanuary 28, 1998
GrantedSeptember 1, 1999
Term endedApril 6, 2016
Application numberEP 96909040
Classification (CPC)B01D53/22 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedApril 6, 1996PublishedJan 28, 1998Patent grantedSep 1, 1999Term endedApril 6, 2016

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