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Hydrogenation process

EP 0164922 B1 · Applicant: BP Chemicals Limited

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  • Filed May 16, 1985 and granted August 30, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 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 November 16, 2010.
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FiledMay 16, 1985
PublishedDecember 18, 1985
GrantedAugust 30, 1989
Term endedMay 16, 2005
Application numberEP 85303438
Classification (CPC)C07C67/00 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 16, 1985PublishedDec 18, 1985Patent grantedAug 30, 1989Term endedMay 16, 2005

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