Expired European patentEurope
Process for the production of low-asphaltenes hydrocarbon mixtures
EP 0099141 B1 · Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
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- Filed June 14, 1983 and granted April 23, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 14, 2003.
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FiledJune 14, 1983
PublishedJanuary 25, 1984
GrantedApril 23, 1986
Term endedJune 14, 2003
Application numberEP 83200869
Classification (CPC)C10G67/0463
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