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Quaternary ammonium compounds and their use

EP 0253275 B1 · Applicant: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien

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  • Filed July 7, 1987 and granted March 6, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 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 January 7, 2013.
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FiledJuly 7, 1987
PublishedJanuary 20, 1988
GrantedMarch 6, 1991
Term endedJuly 7, 2007
Application numberEP 87109763
Classification (CPC)A61Q5/12 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJuly 7, 1987PublishedJan 20, 1988Patent grantedMarch 6, 1991Term endedJuly 7, 2007

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