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Epoxidation of ethylene

EP 0124231 B1 · Applicant: BP Chemicals Limited

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  • Filed March 20, 1984 and granted July 22, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 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 20, 2009.
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FiledMarch 20, 1984
PublishedNovember 7, 1984
GrantedJuly 22, 1987
Term endedMarch 20, 2004
Application numberEP 84301864
Classification (CPC)C07D301/19

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 20, 1984PublishedNov 7, 1984Patent grantedJuly 22, 1987Term endedMarch 20, 2004

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