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Method for the preparation of methyl chloride from carbon tetrachloride and methyl alcohol

EP 0501501 B1 · Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 28, 1992 and granted July 19, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 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 August 28, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 28, 1992
PublishedSeptember 2, 1992
GrantedJuly 19, 1995
Term endedFebruary 28, 2012
Application numberEP 92103434
Classification (CPC)C07C19/03 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedFeb 28, 1992PublishedSep 2, 1992Patent grantedJuly 19, 1995Term endedFeb 28, 2012

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