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Production of carboxylic anhydrides from methyl carboxylates using rhodium complex catalysts

EP 0171802 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 14, 1985 and granted April 6, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 14, 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 February 14, 2011.
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FiledAugust 14, 1985
PublishedFebruary 19, 1986
GrantedApril 6, 1988
Term endedAugust 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85110203
Classification (CPC)B01J31/26 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedAug 14, 1985PublishedFeb 19, 1986Patent grantedApril 6, 1988Term endedAug 14, 2005

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