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Anthraquinones as marking agents for mineral oils

EP 0689575 B1 · Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed March 7, 1994 and granted February 5, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 7, 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 September 7, 2019.
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FiledMarch 7, 1994
PublishedJanuary 3, 1996
GrantedFebruary 5, 1997
Term endedMarch 7, 2014
Application numberEP 94910377
Classification (CPC)C09B67/0033 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 7, 1994PublishedJan 3, 1996Patent grantedFeb 5, 1997Term endedMarch 7, 2014

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