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Method and device for fragmenting bulk materials

EP 0964748 B1 · Applicant: BÜHLER AG

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  • Filed February 26, 1998 and granted September 18, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 2018.
  • 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 August 26, 2023.
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FiledFebruary 26, 1998
PublishedDecember 22, 1999
GrantedSeptember 18, 2002
Term endedFebruary 26, 2018
Application numberEP 98902931
Classification (CPC)B02C13/284

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