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Process for the separation of meta-xylene

EP 0070908 B1 · Applicant: UOP INC.

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  • Filed July 23, 1981 and granted October 23, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 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 January 23, 2007.
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FiledJuly 23, 1981
PublishedFebruary 9, 1983
GrantedOctober 23, 1985
Term endedJuly 23, 2001
Application numberEP 81105814
Classification (CPC)C07C7/13

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJuly 23, 1981PublishedFeb 9, 1983Patent grantedOct 23, 1985Term endedJuly 23, 2001

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