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Device for reducing toxic exhaust gases of diesel engines

EP 0954693 B1 · Applicant: Kim, Sang, Kyeong

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  • Filed December 6, 1997 and granted March 12, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 6, 2017.
  • 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 6, 2023.
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FiledDecember 6, 1997
PublishedNovember 10, 1999
GrantedMarch 12, 2003
Term endedDecember 6, 2017
Application numberEP 97947219
Classification (CPC)F02M27/045

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedDec 6, 1997PublishedNov 10, 1999Patent grantedMarch 12, 2003Term endedDec 6, 2017

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