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Process of enzymatic conversion

EP 0164933 B1 · Applicant: CPC INTERNATIONAL INC.

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  • Filed May 17, 1985 and granted July 24, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 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 17, 2010.
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FiledMay 17, 1985
PublishedDecember 18, 1985
GrantedJuly 24, 1991
Term endedMay 17, 2005
Application numberEP 85303493
Classification (CPC)C12P19/14 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 17, 1985PublishedDec 18, 1985Patent grantedJuly 24, 1991Term endedMay 17, 2005

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