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Process for the preparation of a 6-alkyl-valerolactone

EP 0043631 B1 · Applicant: STAMICARBON B.V.

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  • Filed July 7, 1981 and granted September 28, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 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 January 7, 2007.
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FiledJuly 7, 1981
PublishedJanuary 13, 1982
GrantedSeptember 28, 1988
Term endedJuly 7, 2001
Application numberEP 81200775
Classification (CPC)C07D315/00

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJuly 7, 1981PublishedJan 13, 1982Patent grantedSep 28, 1988Term endedJuly 7, 2001

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