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Synthetic fiber dyeing process

EP 0631007 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 12, 1994 and granted March 8, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 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 November 12, 2019.
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FiledMay 12, 1994
PublishedDecember 28, 1994
GrantedMarch 8, 2000
Term endedMay 12, 2014
Application numberEP 94107405
Classification (CPC)D06P3/54 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 12, 1994PublishedDec 28, 1994Patent grantedMarch 8, 2000Term endedMay 12, 2014

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