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Flaky extender pigment and method for preparing the same

EP 0339399 B1 · Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH

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  • Filed April 14, 1989 and granted December 23, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 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 14, 2014.
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FiledApril 14, 1989
PublishedNovember 2, 1989
GrantedDecember 23, 1992
Term endedApril 14, 2009
Application numberEP 89106721
Classification (CPC)C09C1/0015

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 14, 1989PublishedNov 2, 1989Patent grantedDec 23, 1992Term endedApril 14, 2009

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