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Flaky fine powder, production thereof, and cosmetic

EP 0543999 B1 · Applicant: CATALYSTS & CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 15, 1991 and granted October 7, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 15, 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 February 15, 2017.
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FiledAugust 15, 1991
PublishedJune 2, 1993
GrantedOctober 7, 1998
Term endedAugust 15, 2011
Application numberEP 91914627
Classification (CPC)C09C1/0015 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedAug 15, 1991PublishedJune 2, 1993Patent grantedOct 7, 1998Term endedAug 15, 2011

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