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Low-foaming polyurethane elastomer

EP 0449331 B1 · Applicant: NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed April 2, 1991 and granted July 12, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 2, 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 October 2, 2016.
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FiledApril 2, 1991
PublishedOctober 2, 1991
GrantedJuly 12, 1995
Term endedApril 2, 2011
Application numberEP 91105179
Classification (CPC)C08G18/10 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 2, 1991PublishedOct 2, 1991Patent grantedJuly 12, 1995Term endedApril 2, 2011

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