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Method for production of methacrylic acid

EP 0580901 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.

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  • Filed July 22, 1992 and granted September 18, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 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 22, 2018.
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FiledJuly 22, 1992
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedSeptember 18, 1996
Term endedJuly 22, 2012
Application numberEP 92306710
Classification (CPC)C07C51/25 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 22, 1992PublishedFeb 2, 1994Patent grantedSep 18, 1996Term endedJuly 22, 2012

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