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Production of formaldehyde

EP 0104666 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed September 29, 1983 and granted January 27, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 29, 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 March 29, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1983
PublishedApril 4, 1984
GrantedJanuary 27, 1988
Term endedSeptember 29, 2003
Application numberEP 83109763
Classification (CPC)B01J23/48 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 29, 1983PublishedApril 4, 1984Patent grantedJan 27, 1988Term endedSep 29, 2003

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