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Improved silicone foam control agent

EP 0163398 B1 · Applicant: DOW CORNING CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 15, 1985 and granted July 20, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 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 15, 2010.
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FiledApril 15, 1985
PublishedDecember 4, 1985
GrantedJuly 20, 1988
Term endedApril 15, 2005
Application numberEP 85302606
Classification (CPC)C11D3/0026 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedApril 15, 1985PublishedDec 4, 1985Patent grantedJuly 20, 1988Term endedApril 15, 2005

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