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Aqueous solution or dispersion of a styrene-maleic acid anhydride copolymer, process for its preparation and its use

EP 0025979 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed September 18, 1980 and granted May 25, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 18, 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 March 18, 2006.
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FiledSeptember 18, 1980
PublishedApril 1, 1981
GrantedMay 25, 1983
Term endedSeptember 18, 2000
Application numberEP 80105591
Classification (CPC)C08F8/44

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedSep 18, 1980PublishedApril 1, 1981Patent grantedMay 25, 1983Term endedSep 18, 2000

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