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Ether compound, a method for producing it, a composition containing it as an active ingredient and its use

EP 0315916 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED

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  • Filed November 4, 1988 and granted December 1, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 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 May 4, 2014.
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FiledNovember 4, 1988
PublishedMay 17, 1989
GrantedDecember 1, 1993
Term endedNovember 4, 2008
Application numberEP 88118416
Classification (CPC)C07C217/76 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 4, 1988PublishedMay 17, 1989Patent grantedDec 1, 1993Term endedNov 4, 2008

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