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Water soluble azo compounds, process for their preparation and their use as dyestuffs

EP 0283900 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 15, 1988 and granted April 10, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 15, 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 September 15, 2013.
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FiledMarch 15, 1988
PublishedSeptember 28, 1988
GrantedApril 10, 1991
Term endedMarch 15, 2008
Application numberEP 88104058
Classification (CPC)C09B62/51

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMarch 15, 1988PublishedSep 28, 1988Patent grantedApril 10, 1991Term endedMarch 15, 2008

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