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Method for the removal of dimethyl ether from methyl tertiary butyl ether

EP 0629601 B1 · Applicant: TEXACO CHEMICAL INC.

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  • Filed June 1, 1994 and granted November 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 1, 2014.
  • 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 December 1, 2019.
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FiledJune 1, 1994
PublishedDecember 21, 1994
GrantedNovember 27, 1996
Term endedJune 1, 2014
Application numberEP 94303947
Classification (CPC)C07C41/34 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 1, 1994PublishedDec 21, 1994Patent grantedNov 27, 1996Term endedJune 1, 2014

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