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Production of stable aqueous silica sol

EP 0442268 B1 · Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.

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  • Filed January 16, 1991 and granted May 25, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 2011.
  • 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 July 16, 2016.
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FiledJanuary 16, 1991
PublishedAugust 21, 1991
GrantedMay 25, 1994
Term endedJanuary 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91100432
Classification (CPC)C01B33/149

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 16, 1991PublishedAug 21, 1991Patent grantedMay 25, 1994Term endedJan 16, 2011

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