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Manufacture of butanedicarboxylic acid esters

EP 0177641 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed December 11, 1984 and granted March 3, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 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 June 11, 2010.
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FiledDecember 11, 1984
PublishedApril 16, 1986
GrantedMarch 3, 1993
Term endedDecember 11, 2004
Application numberEP 84115023
Classification (CPC)C07C67/38 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 11, 1984PublishedApril 16, 1986Patent grantedMarch 3, 1993Term endedDec 11, 2004

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