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Process for controlling pearl dimensions in the preparation of expandable styrene polymers by suspension polymerization

EP 0143880 B1 · Applicant: HÜLS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed July 3, 1984 and granted February 1, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 3, 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 3, 2010.
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FiledJuly 3, 1984
PublishedJune 12, 1985
GrantedFebruary 1, 1989
Term endedJuly 3, 2004
Application numberEP 84107707
Classification (CPC)C08J9/20

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJuly 3, 1984PublishedJune 12, 1985Patent grantedFeb 1, 1989Term endedJuly 3, 2004

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