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Synthesis of methyl t-butyl ether using Group IV oxides treated with sulfates or sulfuric acid

EP 0506428 B1 · Applicant: TEXACO CHEMICAL INC.

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  • Filed March 26, 1992 and granted June 21, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 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 26, 2017.
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FiledMarch 26, 1992
PublishedSeptember 30, 1992
GrantedJune 21, 1995
Term endedMarch 26, 2012
Application numberEP 92302667
Classification (CPC)C07C41/09

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMarch 26, 1992PublishedSep 30, 1992Patent grantedJune 21, 1995Term endedMarch 26, 2012

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