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Process for the preparation of monochloroacetic acid from glycolic acid

EP 0188945 B1 · Applicant: ELF ATOCHEM S.A.

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  • Filed December 16, 1985 and granted October 12, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 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 June 16, 2011.
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FiledDecember 16, 1985
PublishedJuly 30, 1986
GrantedOctober 12, 1988
Term endedDecember 16, 2005
Application numberEP 85402510
Classification (CPC)C07C51/363

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 16, 1985PublishedJuly 30, 1986Patent grantedOct 12, 1988Term endedDec 16, 2005

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