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Water soluble, fibre-reactive dyes, process for manufacturing them and their use

EP 0474654 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed May 12, 1990 and granted October 26, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 2010.
  • 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 12, 2015.
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FiledMay 12, 1990
PublishedMarch 18, 1992
GrantedOctober 26, 1994
Term endedMay 12, 2010
Application numberEP 90906981
Classification (CPC)C09B62/4411

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 12, 1990PublishedMarch 18, 1992Patent grantedOct 26, 1994Term endedMay 12, 2010

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