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Process for the purification of crude sec. butyl alcohol by distillation

EP 0304770 B1 · Applicant: RWE-DEA Aktiengesellschaft für Mineraloel und Chemie

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  • Filed August 16, 1988 and granted December 27, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 16, 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 February 16, 2014.
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FiledAugust 16, 1988
PublishedMarch 1, 1989
GrantedDecember 27, 1991
Term endedAugust 16, 2008
Application numberEP 88113269
Classification (CPC)C07C29/82

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 16, 1988PublishedMarch 1, 1989Patent grantedDec 27, 1991Term endedAug 16, 2008

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