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Diesel engine exhaust gas-purifying catalyst

EP 0494591 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.

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  • Filed January 2, 1992 and granted April 22, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 2, 2012.
  • 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 July 2, 2017.
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FiledJanuary 2, 1992
PublishedJuly 15, 1992
GrantedApril 22, 1998
Term endedJanuary 2, 2012
Application numberEP 92100007
Classification (CPC)B01J23/8926 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJan 2, 1992PublishedJuly 15, 1992Patent grantedApril 22, 1998Term endedJan 2, 2012

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