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Readily processable polyimide and preparation process of same

EP 0459801 B1 · Applicant: MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc.

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  • Filed May 30, 1991 and granted August 6, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 30, 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 November 30, 2016.
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FiledMay 30, 1991
PublishedDecember 4, 1991
GrantedAugust 6, 1997
Term endedMay 30, 2011
Application numberEP 91304893
Classification (CPC)C08G73/1071 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 30, 1991PublishedDec 4, 1991Patent grantedAug 6, 1997Term endedMay 30, 2011

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