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Device for filtering plasticised thermoplastics and filter unit therefor

EP 0879077 B1 · Applicant: BACHER, Helmut

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  • Filed December 2, 1996 and granted June 13, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 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 June 2, 2022.
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FiledDecember 2, 1996
PublishedNovember 25, 1998
GrantedJune 13, 2001
Term endedDecember 2, 2016
Application numberEP 96939750
Classification (CPC)B01D29/01 +2 more

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