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Process for the preparation of polysaccharide aqueous solutions

EP 0189959 B1 · Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.

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  • Filed January 20, 1986 and granted April 7, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 20, 2006.
  • 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 July 20, 2011.
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FiledJanuary 20, 1986
PublishedAugust 6, 1986
GrantedApril 7, 1993
Term endedJanuary 20, 2006
Application numberEP 86200093
Classification (CPC)C12P19/04

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJan 20, 1986PublishedAug 6, 1986Patent grantedApril 7, 1993Term endedJan 20, 2006

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