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Light stable color compositions

EP 0684808 B1 · Applicant: WHITTAKER, CLARK & DANIELS, INC.

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  • Filed February 15, 1994 and granted December 10, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 15, 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 August 15, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 15, 1994
PublishedDecember 6, 1995
GrantedDecember 10, 1997
Term endedFebruary 15, 2014
Application numberEP 94910158
Classification (CPC)C09B63/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 15, 1994PublishedDec 6, 1995Patent grantedDec 10, 1997Term endedFeb 15, 2014

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