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A catalyst for asymmetric induction

EP 0505089 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed March 12, 1992 and granted December 14, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 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 September 12, 2017.
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FiledMarch 12, 1992
PublishedSeptember 23, 1992
GrantedDecember 14, 1994
Term endedMarch 12, 2012
Application numberEP 92302120
Classification (CPC)B01J31/0241 +2 more

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