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Process and device for continuously detecting the dampness of a bulk material

EP 0829007 B1 · Applicant: BÜHLER AG

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  • Filed March 28, 1996 and granted September 18, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 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 September 28, 2021.
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FiledMarch 28, 1996
PublishedMarch 18, 1998
GrantedSeptember 18, 2002
Term endedMarch 28, 2016
Application numberEP 96905668
Classification (CPC)G01N22/04

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