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Method for performing catalytic or non-catalytic processes, with enriched oxygen as one of the reactants

EP 1007473 B1 · Applicant: NORSK HYDRO ASA

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  • Filed July 2, 1997 and granted April 16, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 2, 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 January 2, 2023.
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FiledJuly 2, 1997
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedApril 16, 2003
Term endedJuly 2, 2017
Application numberEP 97933920
Classification (CPC)C01B3/025 +2 more

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