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Coloured pigments which are stable in glaze

EP 0446689 B1 · Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH

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  • Filed February 22, 1991 and granted December 6, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 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 August 22, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1991
PublishedSeptember 18, 1991
GrantedDecember 6, 1995
Term endedFebruary 22, 2011
Application numberEP 91102640
Classification (CPC)C09C1/0009 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 22, 1991PublishedSep 18, 1991Patent grantedDec 6, 1995Term endedFeb 22, 2011

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