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Light-resistant nacreous pigments, their preparation and use

EP 0082986 B1 · Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH

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  • Filed December 2, 1982 and granted September 4, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 2, 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 June 2, 2008.
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FiledDecember 2, 1982
PublishedJuly 6, 1983
GrantedSeptember 4, 1985
Term endedDecember 2, 2002
Application numberEP 82111171
Classification (CPC)C09C1/0015 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedDec 2, 1982PublishedJuly 6, 1983Patent grantedSep 4, 1985Term endedDec 2, 2002

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