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EP 0318136 B1 · Applicant: MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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  • Filed September 20, 1988 and granted December 1, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 20, 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 20, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 20, 1988
PublishedMay 31, 1989
GrantedDecember 1, 1993
Term endedSeptember 20, 2008
Application numberEP 88308707
Classification (CPC)D07B1/20 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 20, 1988PublishedMay 31, 1989Patent grantedDec 1, 1993Term endedSep 20, 2008

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