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Method for the production of acetylene and synthesis gas or reduction gas from carbon in an electric arc process

EP 0133982 B1 · Applicant: HÜLS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed July 31, 1984 and granted May 20, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 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 31, 2010.
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FiledJuly 31, 1984
PublishedMarch 13, 1985
GrantedMay 20, 1987
Term endedJuly 31, 2004
Application numberEP 84109029
Classification (CPC)C07C1/00 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJuly 31, 1984PublishedMarch 13, 1985Patent grantedMay 20, 1987Term endedJuly 31, 2004

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