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Method of making polyethylene blend foams having improved compressive strength and foams prepared by said method

EP 0016348 B1 · Applicant: THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

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  • Filed February 22, 1980 and granted August 29, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 2000.
  • 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 August 22, 2005.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1980
PublishedOctober 1, 1980
GrantedAugust 29, 1984
Term endedFebruary 22, 2000
Application numberEP 80100884
Classification (CPC)C08J9/0061 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedFeb 22, 1980PublishedOct 1, 1980Patent grantedAug 29, 1984Term endedFeb 22, 2000

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