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Process for preparing high molecular weight organopolysiloxanes

EP 0501801 B1 · Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed February 27, 1992 and granted May 8, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 27, 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 27, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 27, 1992
PublishedSeptember 2, 1992
GrantedMay 8, 1996
Term endedFebruary 27, 2012
Application numberEP 92301666
Classification (CPC)C08G77/06 +1 more

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