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Process for preparing nacreous pigments with improved gloss

EP 0090260 B1 · Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH

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  • Filed March 16, 1983 and granted October 2, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 2003.
  • 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 September 16, 2008.
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FiledMarch 16, 1983
PublishedOctober 5, 1983
GrantedOctober 2, 1985
Term endedMarch 16, 2003
Application numberEP 83102593
Classification (CPC)C09C1/0015 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 16, 1983PublishedOct 5, 1983Patent grantedOct 2, 1985Term endedMarch 16, 2003

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