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Process for purifying brominated polystyrene

EP 0520007 B1 · Applicant: GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 12, 1991 and granted June 3, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 12, 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 September 12, 2016.
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FiledMarch 12, 1991
PublishedJune 3, 1998
GrantedJune 3, 1998
Term endedMarch 12, 2011
Application numberEP 91906520
Classification (CPC)C08F6/24 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMarch 12, 1991PublishedJune 3, 1998Patent grantedJune 3, 1998Term endedMarch 12, 2011

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