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Thermotropic copolyester, process for preparing it and its use

EP 0347963 B1 · Applicant: ENIRICERCHE S.p.A.

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  • Filed May 31, 1989 and granted April 5, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 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 December 1, 2014.
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FiledMay 31, 1989
PublishedDecember 27, 1989
GrantedApril 5, 1995
Term endedMay 31, 2009
Application numberEP 89201384
Classification (CPC)C08G63/60 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 31, 1989PublishedDec 27, 1989Patent grantedApril 5, 1995Term endedMay 31, 2009

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