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Manufacture of aqueous formaldehyde

EP 0100809 B1 · Applicant: MONSANTO COMPANY

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  • Filed December 20, 1982 and granted December 4, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 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 20, 2008.
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FiledDecember 20, 1982
PublishedFebruary 22, 1984
GrantedDecember 4, 1985
Term endedDecember 20, 2002
Application numberEP 82870079
Classification (CPC)C07C45/783 +2 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedDec 20, 1982PublishedFeb 22, 1984Patent grantedDec 4, 1985Term endedDec 20, 2002

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