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Inhibition of fouling or coke formation in hydrocarbon processing equipment

EP 0714969 B1 · Applicant: NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY

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  • Filed November 9, 1995 and granted June 20, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 9, 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 9, 2021.
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FiledNovember 9, 1995
PublishedJune 5, 1996
GrantedJune 20, 2001
Term endedNovember 9, 2015
Application numberEP 95308010
Classification (CPC)C07C7/20 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedNov 9, 1995PublishedJune 5, 1996Patent grantedJune 20, 2001Term endedNov 9, 2015

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