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A tobacco filter material and a method for producing the same

EP 0706766 B1 · Applicant: DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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  • Filed September 22, 1995 and granted August 14, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 2015.
  • 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 22, 2021.
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FiledSeptember 22, 1995
PublishedApril 17, 1996
GrantedAugust 14, 2002
Term endedSeptember 22, 2015
Application numberEP 95114961
Classification (CPC)A24D3/068 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedSep 22, 1995PublishedApril 17, 1996Patent grantedAug 14, 2002Term endedSep 22, 2015

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