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Process for removing organic impurities from phosphoric acid

EP 0016996 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 6, 1980 and granted July 21, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 6, 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 September 6, 2005.
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FiledMarch 6, 1980
PublishedOctober 15, 1980
GrantedJuly 21, 1982
Term endedMarch 6, 2000
Application numberEP 80101135
Classification (CPC)C01B25/235

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMarch 6, 1980PublishedOct 15, 1980Patent grantedJuly 21, 1982Term endedMarch 6, 2000

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