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Process for producing acetic anhydride

EP 0101581 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed July 30, 1983 and granted June 12, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 30, 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 January 30, 2009.
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FiledJuly 30, 1983
PublishedFebruary 29, 1984
GrantedJune 12, 1985
Term endedJuly 30, 2003
Application numberEP 83107535
Classification (CPC)C07C51/56

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJuly 30, 1983PublishedFeb 29, 1984Patent grantedJune 12, 1985Term endedJuly 30, 2003

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