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Low foaming rinse agents comprising ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymer

EP 0695342 B1 · Applicant: ECOLAB INC.

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  • Filed March 8, 1994 and granted May 7, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 8, 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 8, 2019.
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FiledMarch 8, 1994
PublishedFebruary 7, 1996
GrantedMay 7, 1997
Term endedMarch 8, 2014
Application numberEP 94913278
Classification (CPC)C11D3/0026 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 8, 1994PublishedFeb 7, 1996Patent grantedMay 7, 1997Term endedMarch 8, 2014

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