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Benzofuranyl-benzimidazoles, process for their preparation and their use in the optical bleaching of organic materials

EP 0011824 B1 · Applicant: BAYER AG

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  • Filed November 22, 1979 and granted October 14, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 22, 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 May 22, 2005.
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FiledNovember 22, 1979
PublishedJune 11, 1980
GrantedOctober 14, 1981
Term endedNovember 22, 1999
Application numberEP 79104642
Classification (CPC)C07D307/85

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedNov 22, 1979PublishedJune 11, 1980Patent grantedOct 14, 1981Term endedNov 22, 1999

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