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Production of gelatin spherical gels

EP 0132142 B1 · Applicant: Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed July 13, 1984 and granted July 8, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 13, 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 January 13, 2010.
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FiledJuly 13, 1984
PublishedJanuary 23, 1985
GrantedJuly 8, 1987
Term endedJuly 13, 2004
Application numberEP 84304814
Classification (CPC)C09H7/00 +2 more

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