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A heat-stable oil-in-water emulsion and a process for its manufacture

EP 0702902 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.

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  • Filed September 24, 1994 and granted December 20, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 24, 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 March 24, 2020.
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FiledSeptember 24, 1994
PublishedMarch 27, 1996
GrantedDecember 20, 2000
Term endedSeptember 24, 2014
Application numberEP 94115076
Classification (CPC)A23L23/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedSep 24, 1994PublishedMarch 27, 1996Patent grantedDec 20, 2000Term endedSep 24, 2014

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