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Cryogenic distillation system for air separation

EP 1055893 B1 · Applicant: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE

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  • Filed May 19, 2000 and granted November 17, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 19, 2020.
  • 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 November 19, 2025.
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FiledMay 19, 2000
PublishedNovember 29, 2000
GrantedNovember 17, 2004
Term endedMay 19, 2020
Application numberEP 00201781
Classification (CPC)F25J3/04 +2 more

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