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The use of nucleating agents for improving dimensional stability, abrasion resistance and stretchability of polyester films

EP 0176017 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed September 14, 1985 and granted February 5, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 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 March 14, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1985
PublishedApril 2, 1986
GrantedFebruary 5, 1992
Term endedSeptember 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85111652
Classification (CPC)C08K5/0008 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 14, 1985PublishedApril 2, 1986Patent grantedFeb 5, 1992Term endedSep 14, 2005

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