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Method for producing needle coke

EP 0123311 B1 · Applicant: UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA

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  • Filed April 24, 1984 and granted June 26, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 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 October 24, 2009.
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FiledApril 24, 1984
PublishedOctober 31, 1984
GrantedJune 26, 1991
Term endedApril 24, 2004
Application numberEP 84104585
Classification (CPC)C10L9/08

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedApril 24, 1984PublishedOct 31, 1984Patent grantedJune 26, 1991Term endedApril 24, 2004

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