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Process for improving storage stability of pigments

EP 0528601 B1 · Applicant: CIBA-GEIGY AG

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  • Filed August 7, 1992 and granted January 20, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 7, 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 February 7, 2018.
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FiledAugust 7, 1992
PublishedFebruary 24, 1993
GrantedJanuary 20, 1999
Term endedAugust 7, 2012
Application numberEP 92307234
Classification (CPC)C09B67/0065 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedAug 7, 1992PublishedFeb 24, 1993Patent grantedJan 20, 1999Term endedAug 7, 2012

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