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Process for the interconversion of two separate crystal forms of a herbicidal pyridine sulfonamide

EP 0444101 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed November 17, 1989 and granted September 18, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 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 May 17, 2015.
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FiledNovember 17, 1989
PublishedSeptember 4, 1991
GrantedSeptember 18, 1996
Term endedNovember 17, 2009
Application numberEP 89913041
Classification (CPC)C07D521/00 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 17, 1989PublishedSep 4, 1991Patent grantedSep 18, 1996Term endedNov 17, 2009

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