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Aromatic bromination of polystyrene using bromine as the reaction solvent

EP 0277429 B1 · Applicant: GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 23, 1987 and granted June 10, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 23, 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 23, 2013.
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FiledDecember 23, 1987
PublishedAugust 10, 1988
GrantedJune 10, 1992
Term endedDecember 23, 2007
Application numberEP 87311385
Classification (CPC)C08F8/20

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 23, 1987PublishedAug 10, 1988Patent grantedJune 10, 1992Term endedDec 23, 2007

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