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Process for reducing the optical attenuation of a transparent, partially crystalline molded body

EP 0686271 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed February 18, 1994 and granted March 19, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 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 18, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 18, 1994
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedMarch 19, 1997
Term endedFebruary 18, 2014
Application numberEP 94908349
Classification (CPC)D01F6/32 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 18, 1994PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedMarch 19, 1997Term endedFeb 18, 2014

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