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Process for producing 4-substituted gamma- lactone, and the so produced novel substances.

EP 0528044 B1 · Applicant: Fuji Flavor Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed February 17, 1992 and granted August 13, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 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 August 17, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 17, 1992
PublishedFebruary 24, 1993
GrantedAugust 13, 1997
Term endedFebruary 17, 2012
Application numberEP 92905003
Classification (CPC)C07D315/00 +2 more

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