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Modified starches as extenders for absorbent polymers

EP 0168390 B1 · Applicant: DOANE, William McKee

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  • Filed January 16, 1984 and granted August 30, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 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 July 16, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 16, 1984
PublishedJanuary 22, 1986
GrantedAugust 30, 1989
Term endedJanuary 16, 2004
Application numberEP 84900682
Classification (CPC)C08L51/02 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJan 16, 1984PublishedJan 22, 1986Patent grantedAug 30, 1989Term endedJan 16, 2004

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