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Process for the conversion of a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock

EP 0392590 B1 · Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.

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  • Filed March 30, 1990 and granted March 10, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 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 September 30, 2015.
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FiledMarch 30, 1990
PublishedOctober 17, 1990
GrantedMarch 10, 1993
Term endedMarch 30, 2010
Application numberEP 90200788
Classification (CPC)C10G57/02

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 30, 1990PublishedOct 17, 1990Patent grantedMarch 10, 1993Term endedMarch 30, 2010

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