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Imide hardeners and their preparation

EP 0540508 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED

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  • Filed July 31, 1986 and granted March 6, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 2006.
  • 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 31, 2012.
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FiledJuly 31, 1986
PublishedMay 5, 1993
GrantedMarch 6, 1996
Term endedJuly 31, 2006
Application numberEP 93200242
Classification (CPC)C08G73/10 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJuly 31, 1986PublishedMay 5, 1993Patent grantedMarch 6, 1996Term endedJuly 31, 2006

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