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Distillative freezing process for separating close boiling mixtures

EP 0044366 B1 · Applicant: Cheng, Chen-Yen

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  • Filed July 23, 1980 and granted January 9, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 2000.
  • 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 23, 2006.
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FiledJuly 23, 1980
PublishedJanuary 27, 1982
GrantedJanuary 9, 1985
Term endedJuly 23, 2000
Application numberEP 80302490
Classification (CPC)C07C7/14 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJuly 23, 1980PublishedJan 27, 1982Patent grantedJan 9, 1985Term endedJuly 23, 2000

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