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Optically active 1-acyl-proline esters and their use as doping agents in liquid-crystal compositions

EP 0275522 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed December 21, 1987 and granted March 29, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2013.
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FiledDecember 21, 1987
PublishedJuly 27, 1988
GrantedMarch 29, 1995
Term endedDecember 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87118930
Classification (CPC)C07D403/12 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 21, 1987PublishedJuly 27, 1988Patent grantedMarch 29, 1995Term endedDec 21, 2007

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