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Method of producing a pulp of cellulosic material

EP 0823948 B1 · Applicant: Natural Pulping AG

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  • Filed May 2, 1996 and granted April 3, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 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 November 2, 2021.
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FiledMay 2, 1996
PublishedFebruary 18, 1998
GrantedApril 3, 2002
Term endedMay 2, 2016
Application numberEP 96914167
Classification (CPC)D21C3/003 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMay 2, 1996PublishedFeb 18, 1998Patent grantedApril 3, 2002Term endedMay 2, 2016

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