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The preparation of ethanol and higher alcohols from lower carbon number alcohols

EP 0180719 B1 · Applicant: THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

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  • Filed July 23, 1985 and granted March 21, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 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 January 23, 2011.
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FiledJuly 23, 1985
PublishedMay 14, 1986
GrantedMarch 21, 1990
Term endedJuly 23, 2005
Application numberEP 85109213
Classification (CPC)C07C29/32

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 23, 1985PublishedMay 14, 1986Patent grantedMarch 21, 1990Term endedJuly 23, 2005

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