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Removal of nicotine from tobacco smoke

EP 0532159 A1 · Applicant: HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION

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  • Filed July 2, 1992 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 2, 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 January 2, 2018.
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FiledJuly 2, 1992
PublishedMarch 17, 1993
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJuly 2, 2012
Application numberEP 92306109
Classification (CPC)A24D3/16

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