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Soft absorbent tissue paper comprising a biodegadable quaternized di-methylated amine-ester compound and a permanent wet strength resin

EP 0718436 B1 · Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

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  • Filed October 19, 1992 and granted December 19, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 2012.
  • 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 19, 2018.
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FiledOctober 19, 1992
PublishedJune 26, 1996
GrantedDecember 19, 2001
Term endedOctober 19, 2012
Application numberEP 96100311
Classification (CPC)D21H21/20 +1 more

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