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Aeration type rotary drying machine

EP 0831287 B1 · Applicant: Yamato Sanko Mfg. Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed April 8, 1996 and granted December 12, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 8, 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 8, 2021.
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FiledApril 8, 1996
PublishedMarch 25, 1998
GrantedDecember 12, 2001
Term endedApril 8, 2016
Application numberEP 96908372
Classification (CPC)F26B11/028

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