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Supercritical fluids as diluents in liquid spray application of coatings

EP 0321607 B1 · Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 29, 1987 and granted September 22, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 29, 2007.
  • 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 June 29, 2013.
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FiledDecember 29, 1987
PublishedJune 28, 1989
GrantedSeptember 22, 1993
Term endedDecember 29, 2007
Application numberEP 87119281
Classification (CPC)B05B12/1418 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 29, 1987PublishedJune 28, 1989Patent grantedSep 22, 1993Term endedDec 29, 2007

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