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Method and composition for thickening or stabilizing aqueous media with polyamphoteric polysaccharides

EP 0339372 B1 · Applicant: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation

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  • Filed April 12, 1989 and granted January 31, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 2009.
  • 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 October 12, 2014.
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FiledApril 12, 1989
PublishedNovember 2, 1989
GrantedJanuary 31, 1996
Term endedApril 12, 2009
Application numberEP 89106519
Classification (CPC)C09K3/00 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 12, 1989PublishedNov 2, 1989Patent grantedJan 31, 1996Term endedApril 12, 2009

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