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Regeneration of sulfuric acid from sulfate by-products of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid manufacture

EP 0705060 B1 · Applicant: Novus International, Inc.

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  • Filed October 21, 1993 and granted January 15, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 2013.
  • 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 April 21, 2019.
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FiledOctober 21, 1993
PublishedApril 10, 1996
GrantedJanuary 15, 2003
Term endedOctober 21, 2013
Application numberEP 93924374
Classification (CPC)C01B17/745 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedOct 21, 1993PublishedApril 10, 1996Patent grantedJan 15, 2003Term endedOct 21, 2013

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