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Water dispersible, modified polyurethane thickener with improved high shear viscosity in aqueous systems

EP 0307775 B1 · Applicant: RHEOX INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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  • Filed September 7, 1988 and granted November 3, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 7, 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 March 7, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 7, 1988
PublishedMarch 22, 1989
GrantedNovember 3, 1993
Term endedSeptember 7, 2008
Application numberEP 88114586
Classification (CPC)C08G18/2805 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 7, 1988PublishedMarch 22, 1989Patent grantedNov 3, 1993Term endedSep 7, 2008

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