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Process for the recovery of pure acetone from cumene hydroperoxide cleavage reaction product

EP 0040985 B1 · Applicant: BP Chemicals Limited

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  • Filed May 26, 1981 and granted July 27, 1983. 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
GrantedJuly 27, 1983
Term endedMay 26, 2001
Application numberEP 81302315
Classification (CPC)C07C45/53 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMay 26, 1981PublishedDec 2, 1981Patent grantedJuly 27, 1983Term endedMay 26, 2001

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