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Process for the preparation of oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds starting from a synthesis gas

EP 0004656 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 31, 1979 and granted October 7, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 1999.
  • 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 October 1, 2004.
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FiledMarch 31, 1979
PublishedOctober 17, 1979
GrantedOctober 7, 1981
Term endedMarch 31, 1999
Application numberEP 79100995
Classification (CPC)C07C51/10 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMarch 31, 1979PublishedOct 17, 1979Patent grantedOct 7, 1981Term endedMarch 31, 1999

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