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Ethylene polymerisation process

EP 0529977 B1 · Applicant: BP Chemicals Limited

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  • Filed August 21, 1992 and granted April 29, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 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 21, 2018.
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FiledAugust 21, 1992
PublishedMarch 3, 1993
GrantedApril 29, 1998
Term endedAugust 21, 2012
Application numberEP 92307670
Classification (CPC)C08F10/02

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedAug 21, 1992PublishedMarch 3, 1993Patent grantedApril 29, 1998Term endedAug 21, 2012

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