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Litter-free self-cleaning hydraulic toilet for small domestic animals using only water

EP 1017271 B1 · Applicant: Broussalis, John

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  • Filed June 29, 1999 and granted January 25, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 2019.
  • 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 December 29, 2024.
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FiledJune 29, 1999
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedJanuary 25, 2006
Term endedJune 29, 2019
Application numberEP 99926671
Classification (CPC)A01K1/011

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedJune 29, 1999PublishedJuly 12, 2000Patent grantedJan 25, 2006Term endedJune 29, 2019

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