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Water-soluble pyridone azo compounds, process for their preparation and their use as dyestuffs

EP 0078024 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 21, 1982 and granted September 19, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 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 April 21, 2008.
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FiledOctober 21, 1982
PublishedMay 4, 1983
GrantedSeptember 19, 1984
Term endedOctober 21, 2002
Application numberEP 82109719
Classification (CPC)C09B62/4413 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedOct 21, 1982PublishedMay 4, 1983Patent grantedSep 19, 1984Term endedOct 21, 2002

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