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Method of separating aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbons in mixed hydrocarbon feeds

EP 0043685 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed June 29, 1981 and granted August 8, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 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 29, 2006.
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FiledJune 29, 1981
PublishedJanuary 13, 1982
GrantedAugust 8, 1984
Term endedJune 29, 2001
Application numberEP 81302928
Classification (CPC)C10G21/02 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJune 29, 1981PublishedJan 13, 1982Patent grantedAug 8, 1984Term endedJune 29, 2001

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