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Method in the processing of aluminium and the use of certain acids in oils therefor

EP 0372016 B1 · Applicant: NYNÄS INDUSTRI AB

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  • Filed February 13, 1989 and granted March 4, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 13, 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 13, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 13, 1989
PublishedJune 13, 1990
GrantedMarch 4, 1992
Term endedFebruary 13, 2009
Application numberEP 89902560
Classification (CPC)C10M129/52 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 13, 1989PublishedJune 13, 1990Patent grantedMarch 4, 1992Term endedFeb 13, 2009

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