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Photochromic compounds

EP 0232295 B1 · Applicant: Optische Werke G. Rodenstock

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  • Filed July 21, 1986 and granted June 16, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 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 January 21, 2012.
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FiledJuly 21, 1986
PublishedAugust 19, 1987
GrantedJune 16, 1993
Term endedJuly 21, 2006
Application numberEP 86904109
Classification (CPC)C07D498/22 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJuly 21, 1986PublishedAug 19, 1987Patent grantedJune 16, 1993Term endedJuly 21, 2006

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