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Hydrophobic inorganic structures

EP 0264268 B1 · Applicant: UNILEVER N.V.

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  • Filed October 14, 1987 and granted May 27, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 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 April 14, 2013.
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FiledOctober 14, 1987
PublishedApril 20, 1988
GrantedMay 27, 1992
Term endedOctober 14, 2007
Application numberEP 87309066
Classification (CPC)C04B38/0022

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedOct 14, 1987PublishedApril 20, 1988Patent grantedMay 27, 1992Term endedOct 14, 2007

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