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A liquid hydrocarbon oil composition containing an ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid

EP 0005873 B1 · Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.

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  • Filed May 10, 1979 and granted June 23, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 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 November 10, 2004.
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FiledMay 10, 1979
PublishedDecember 12, 1979
GrantedJune 23, 1982
Term endedMay 10, 1999
Application numberEP 79200228
Classification (CPC)C10M129/70 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedMay 10, 1979PublishedDec 12, 1979Patent grantedJune 23, 1982Term endedMay 10, 1999

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