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Preparation of fluorinated methanes

EP 0696266 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed April 21, 1994 and granted December 16, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 21, 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 October 21, 2019.
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FiledApril 21, 1994
PublishedFebruary 14, 1996
GrantedDecember 16, 1998
Term endedApril 21, 2014
Application numberEP 94914149
Classification (CPC)C07C17/10

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 21, 1994PublishedFeb 14, 1996Patent grantedDec 16, 1998Term endedApril 21, 2014

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