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Water-swellable elastomer composition

EP 0179937 B1 · Applicant: SEITETSU KAGAKU CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 30, 1984 and granted April 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 30, 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 April 30, 2010.
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FiledOctober 30, 1984
PublishedMay 7, 1986
GrantedApril 25, 1990
Term endedOctober 30, 2004
Application numberEP 84113061
Classification (CPC)C08L101/00 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 30, 1984PublishedMay 7, 1986Patent grantedApril 25, 1990Term endedOct 30, 2004

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