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Crystallisation process

EP 0488645 B1 · Applicant: ICI AUSTRALIA OPERATIONS PROPRIETARY LIMITED

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  • Filed November 26, 1991 and granted September 13, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 26, 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 May 26, 2017.
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FiledNovember 26, 1991
PublishedJune 3, 1992
GrantedSeptember 13, 1995
Term endedNovember 26, 2011
Application numberEP 91310872
Classification (CPC)C07C249/14 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedNov 26, 1991PublishedJune 3, 1992Patent grantedSep 13, 1995Term endedNov 26, 2011

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