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Caffeine extraction

EP 0049357 A1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.

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  • Filed August 26, 1981 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 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 February 26, 2007.
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FiledAugust 26, 1981
PublishedApril 14, 1982
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 26, 2001
Application numberEP 81106602
Classification (CPC)A23F5/223

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedAug 26, 1981PublishedApril 14, 1982Term endedAug 26, 2001

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