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Polymerisation process for production of polymer microparticles of high refractive index and coating compositions containing them

EP 0031997 B1 · Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC

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  • Filed December 1, 1980 and granted December 28, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 1, 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 June 1, 2006.
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FiledDecember 1, 1980
PublishedJuly 15, 1981
GrantedDecember 28, 1983
Term endedDecember 1, 2000
Application numberEP 80304319
Classification (CPC)C08F2/08

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedDec 1, 1980PublishedJuly 15, 1981Patent grantedDec 28, 1983Term endedDec 1, 2000

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