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Method to promote the production of a fluid in a production zone

EP 0484207 B1 · Applicant: INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE

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  • Filed October 23, 1991 and granted January 11, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 23, 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 April 23, 2017.
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FiledOctober 23, 1991
PublishedMay 6, 1992
GrantedJanuary 11, 1995
Term endedOctober 23, 2011
Application numberEP 91402833
Classification (CPC)E21B43/121 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 23, 1991PublishedMay 6, 1992Patent grantedJan 11, 1995Term endedOct 23, 2011

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