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Process for preparing silica having a low silanol content

EP 0384284 B1 · Applicant: NITTO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 14, 1990 and granted May 18, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2010.
  • 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 14, 2015.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1990
PublishedAugust 29, 1990
GrantedMay 18, 1994
Term endedFebruary 14, 2010
Application numberEP 90102878
Classification (CPC)C01B33/16 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedFeb 14, 1990PublishedAug 29, 1990Patent grantedMay 18, 1994Term endedFeb 14, 2010

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