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Process for preparing 2,6-ditertiarybutyl-4-mercaptophenol and 4,4'-isopropylidenedithiobis-(2,6-di-tertiarybutylphenol)

EP 0275952 B1 · Applicant: MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

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  • Filed January 18, 1988 and granted July 24, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 18, 2008.
  • 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 July 18, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 18, 1988
PublishedJuly 27, 1988
GrantedJuly 24, 1991
Term endedJanuary 18, 2008
Application numberEP 88100607
Classification (CPC)C07C323/00

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 18, 1988PublishedJuly 27, 1988Patent grantedJuly 24, 1991Term endedJan 18, 2008

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