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Method of making a solid alkaline cleaning composition

EP 0753047 B1 · Applicant: ECOLAB INC.

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  • Filed November 22, 1994 and granted September 22, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 22, 2014.
  • 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 22, 2020.
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FiledNovember 22, 1994
PublishedJanuary 15, 1997
GrantedSeptember 22, 1999
Term endedNovember 22, 2014
Application numberEP 95903587
Classification (CPC)C11D17/0052 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 22, 1994PublishedJan 15, 1997Patent grantedSep 22, 1999Term endedNov 22, 2014

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