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Polymer scale deposition preventive agent

EP 0712866 B1 · Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed November 14, 1995 and granted July 29, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 14, 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 May 14, 2021.
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FiledNovember 14, 1995
PublishedMay 22, 1996
GrantedJuly 29, 1998
Term endedNovember 14, 2015
Application numberEP 95402545
Classification (CPC)C08F2/004

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedNov 14, 1995PublishedMay 22, 1996Patent grantedJuly 29, 1998Term endedNov 14, 2015

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