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Acid composition based on a microemulsion, and its applications, especially for cleaning

EP 0120765 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE NATIONALE ELF AQUITAINE

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  • Filed March 15, 1984 and granted May 4, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 15, 2004.
  • 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 September 15, 2009.
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FiledMarch 15, 1984
PublishedOctober 3, 1984
GrantedMay 4, 1988
Term endedMarch 15, 2004
Application numberEP 84400534
Classification (CPC)C09K23/14 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 15, 1984PublishedOct 3, 1984Patent grantedMay 4, 1988Term endedMarch 15, 2004

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