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EP 0624151 B1 · Applicant: ALBEMARLE CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 14, 1993 and granted May 7, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 14, 2013.
  • 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 July 14, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 14, 1993
PublishedNovember 17, 1994
GrantedMay 7, 1997
Term endedJanuary 14, 2013
Application numberEP 93903474
Classification (CPC)C07B55/00 +1 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJan 14, 1993PublishedNov 17, 1994Patent grantedMay 7, 1997Term endedJan 14, 2013

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