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Process and device for manufacturing highly oriented amorphous polyester filament yarns

EP 0372014 B1 · Applicant: RHONE-POULENC VISCOSUISSE SA

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  • Filed February 20, 1989 and granted April 20, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 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 August 20, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 20, 1989
PublishedJune 13, 1990
GrantedApril 20, 1994
Term endedFebruary 20, 2009
Application numberEP 89902220
Classification (CPC)D01F6/62

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 20, 1989PublishedJune 13, 1990Patent grantedApril 20, 1994Term endedFeb 20, 2009

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