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Radiation-sensitive materials

EP 0518487 B1 · Applicant: Du Pont (UK) Limited

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  • Filed May 13, 1992 and granted August 27, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 13, 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 November 13, 2017.
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FiledMay 13, 1992
PublishedDecember 16, 1992
GrantedAugust 27, 1997
Term endedMay 13, 2012
Application numberEP 92304295
Classification (CPC)G03F7/021 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedMay 13, 1992PublishedDec 16, 1992Patent grantedAug 27, 1997Term endedMay 13, 2012

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