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Corrosion inhibition

EP 0239288 B1 · Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC

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  • Filed March 12, 1987 and granted August 8, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 2007.
  • 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 September 12, 2012.
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FiledMarch 12, 1987
PublishedSeptember 30, 1987
GrantedAugust 8, 1990
Term endedMarch 12, 2007
Application numberEP 87302131
Classification (CPC)C23F11/122

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMarch 12, 1987PublishedSep 30, 1987Patent grantedAug 8, 1990Term endedMarch 12, 2007

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