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Lacquer and use of this lacquer as a finishing lacquer for lacquering automobile bodies

EP 0531463 B1 · Applicant: BASF Lacke + Farben AG

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  • Filed May 6, 1991 and granted August 31, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 6, 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 November 6, 2016.
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FiledMay 6, 1991
PublishedMarch 17, 1993
GrantedAugust 31, 1994
Term endedMay 6, 2011
Application numberEP 91921018
Classification (CPC)C09D167/00 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 6, 1991PublishedMarch 17, 1993Patent grantedAug 31, 1994Term endedMay 6, 2011

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