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Process for the preparation of alcohols

EP 0051328 B1 · Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.

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  • Filed October 15, 1981 and granted August 1, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 15, 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 April 15, 2007.
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FiledOctober 15, 1981
PublishedMay 12, 1982
GrantedAugust 1, 1984
Term endedOctober 15, 2001
Application numberEP 81201148
Classification (CPC)C07C29/04 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 15, 1981PublishedMay 12, 1982Patent grantedAug 1, 1984Term endedOct 15, 2001

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