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Process for making non-porous, micron-sized high purity silica

EP 0517841 B1 · Applicant: CABOT CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 28, 1991 and granted December 14, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 2011.
  • 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, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 28, 1991
PublishedDecember 16, 1992
GrantedDecember 14, 1994
Term endedFebruary 28, 2011
Application numberEP 91906293
Classification (CPC)C03C1/006 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 28, 1991PublishedDec 16, 1992Patent grantedDec 14, 1994Term endedFeb 28, 2011

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