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Process for producing water-insoluble polymers of uniform shape

EP 0070023 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON OIL CO. LTD.

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  • Filed July 12, 1982 and granted September 30, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 12, 2002.
  • 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 12, 2008.
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FiledJuly 12, 1982
PublishedJanuary 19, 1983
GrantedSeptember 30, 1987
Term endedJuly 12, 2002
Application numberEP 82106211
Classification (CPC)C12N11/04 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJuly 12, 1982PublishedJan 19, 1983Patent grantedSep 30, 1987Term endedJuly 12, 2002

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