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Process for modifying coal tar materials

EP 0097755 B1 · Applicant: Carbochem Inc.

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  • Filed June 29, 1982 and granted March 18, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 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 December 29, 2007.
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FiledJune 29, 1982
PublishedJanuary 11, 1984
GrantedMarch 18, 1987
Term endedJune 29, 2002
Application numberEP 82850147
Classification (CPC)C10C1/18

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedJune 29, 1982PublishedJan 11, 1984Patent grantedMarch 18, 1987Term endedJune 29, 2002

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