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Method for modifying the surface of polymer materials

EP 0161804 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON OIL AND FATS COMPANY, LIMITED

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  • Filed April 12, 1985 and granted August 1, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 2005.
  • 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 12, 2010.
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FiledApril 12, 1985
PublishedNovember 21, 1985
GrantedAugust 1, 1990
Term endedApril 12, 2005
Application numberEP 85302564
Classification (CPC)C08F293/00

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedApril 12, 1985PublishedNov 21, 1985Patent grantedAug 1, 1990Term endedApril 12, 2005

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