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Dual catalyst sequential method for production of sorbitol from hydrolyzed starch solution

EP 0249364 B1 · Applicant: PFIZER INC.

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  • Filed May 29, 1987 and granted June 12, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 29, 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 November 29, 2012.
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FiledMay 29, 1987
PublishedDecember 16, 1987
GrantedJune 12, 1991
Term endedMay 29, 2007
Application numberEP 87304757
Classification (CPC)C07C31/26

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 29, 1987PublishedDec 16, 1987Patent grantedJune 12, 1991Term endedMay 29, 2007

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