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Concentrated suspension of microcapsules, a process for its preparation and its use in transfer-copying paper

EP 0040770 B1 · Applicant: BAYER AG

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  • Filed May 15, 1981 and granted September 21, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 2001.
  • 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 15, 2006.
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FiledMay 15, 1981
PublishedDecember 2, 1981
GrantedSeptember 21, 1983
Term endedMay 15, 2001
Application numberEP 81103743
Classification (CPC)B41M5/165 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 15, 1981PublishedDec 2, 1981Patent grantedSep 21, 1983Term endedMay 15, 2001

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