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Ester diol alkoxylate based alkyd resins and compositions containing them

EP 0040979 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 26, 1981 and granted October 14, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 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 26, 2006.
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FiledMay 26, 1981
PublishedDecember 2, 1981
GrantedOctober 14, 1987
Term endedMay 26, 2001
Application numberEP 81302301
Classification (CPC)C09D167/00 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 26, 1981PublishedDec 2, 1981Patent grantedOct 14, 1987Term endedMay 26, 2001

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