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The use of polyacetals based on vinylethers and dihydroxy compounds in detergent compositions

EP 0548639 B1 · Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed December 5, 1992 and granted June 10, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 5, 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 June 5, 2018.
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FiledDecember 5, 1992
PublishedJune 30, 1993
GrantedJune 10, 1998
Term endedDecember 5, 2012
Application numberEP 92120782
Classification (CPC)C08G65/34 +1 more

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