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Maleic anhydride production with high butane feed concentration

EP 0112323 B1 · Applicant: MONSANTO COMPANY

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  • Filed December 19, 1983 and granted July 12, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 19, 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 June 19, 2009.
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FiledDecember 19, 1983
PublishedJune 27, 1984
GrantedJuly 12, 1989
Term endedDecember 19, 2003
Application numberEP 83870133
Classification (CPC)C07C51/215

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 19, 1983PublishedJune 27, 1984Patent grantedJuly 12, 1989Term endedDec 19, 2003

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