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Benzoxazolyl stilbenes, process for their preparation and their use as optical brighteners for organic materials

EP 0020298 B1 · Applicant: CIBA-GEIGY AG

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  • Filed May 12, 1980 and granted June 22, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 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 November 12, 2005.
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FiledMay 12, 1980
PublishedDecember 10, 1980
GrantedJune 22, 1983
Term endedMay 12, 2000
Application numberEP 80810161
Classification (CPC)C07D239/26 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedMay 12, 1980PublishedDec 10, 1980Patent grantedJune 22, 1983Term endedMay 12, 2000

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