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Composition and process for the aqueous paraffin treatment of yarns

EP 0004950 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed April 12, 1979 and granted November 18, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 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 12, 2004.
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FiledApril 12, 1979
PublishedOctober 31, 1979
GrantedNovember 18, 1981
Term endedApril 12, 1999
Application numberEP 79101132
Classification (CPC)D06M13/02

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedApril 12, 1979PublishedOct 31, 1979Patent grantedNov 18, 1981Term endedApril 12, 1999

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