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Additive for lubricant or fuel, lubricant or fuel composition containing the same, and novel substituted hydroxy aromatic ester derivative

EP 0704425 B1 · Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed June 10, 1994 and granted September 4, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 10, 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 December 10, 2019.
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FiledJune 10, 1994
PublishedApril 3, 1996
GrantedSeptember 4, 2002
Term endedJune 10, 2014
Application numberEP 94917796
Classification (CPC)C10L10/02 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 10, 1994PublishedApril 3, 1996Patent grantedSep 4, 2002Term endedJune 10, 2014

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