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Surfactant, process for making it, and use of it

EP 0054733 B1 · Applicant: SKW Trostberg Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed October 30, 1981 and granted July 18, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 30, 2007.
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FiledOctober 30, 1981
PublishedJune 30, 1982
GrantedJuly 18, 1984
Term endedOctober 30, 2001
Application numberEP 81109402
Classification (CPC)C09K23/16 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 30, 1981PublishedJune 30, 1982Patent grantedJuly 18, 1984Term endedOct 30, 2001

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