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Process and apparatus for separating economic materials from inert waste

EP 1015121 B1 · Applicant: George, Michael Eric

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  • Filed February 25, 1998 and granted July 10, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 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 25, 2023.
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FiledFebruary 25, 1998
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedJuly 10, 2002
Term endedFebruary 25, 2018
Application numberEP 98907047
Classification (CPC)B03B9/00 +1 more

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