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Process for the production of methanol from synthesis gas

EP 0053386 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 30, 1981 and granted August 15, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 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 May 30, 2007.
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FiledNovember 30, 1981
PublishedJune 9, 1982
GrantedAugust 15, 1984
Term endedNovember 30, 2001
Application numberEP 81110019
Classification (CPC)C07C29/1512 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedNov 30, 1981PublishedJune 9, 1982Patent grantedAug 15, 1984Term endedNov 30, 2001

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