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Process for coating paper and cardboard, and its use to make paper having a good smoothness

EP 0501846 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE FRANCAISE HOECHST Société anonyme dite:

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  • Filed February 11, 1992 and granted April 26, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 11, 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 11, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 11, 1992
PublishedSeptember 2, 1992
GrantedApril 26, 1995
Term endedFebruary 11, 2012
Application numberEP 92400359
Classification (CPC)D21H19/58

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedFeb 11, 1992PublishedSep 2, 1992Patent grantedApril 26, 1995Term endedFeb 11, 2012

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