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Process for preventing soil redeposition during dry-cleaning, and composition therefor

EP 0042779 B1 · Applicant: ELF ATOCHEM S.A.

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  • Filed June 11, 1981 and granted October 31, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 11, 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 December 11, 2006.
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FiledJune 11, 1981
PublishedDecember 30, 1981
GrantedOctober 31, 1984
Term endedJune 11, 2001
Application numberEP 81400922
Classification (CPC)D06L1/04

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJune 11, 1981PublishedDec 30, 1981Patent grantedOct 31, 1984Term endedJune 11, 2001

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