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Borated overbased sulfonates for improved gear performance in functional fluids

EP 0770669 B1 · Applicant: The Lubrizol Corporation

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  • Filed October 25, 1996 and granted January 3, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 25, 2016.
  • 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 25, 2022.
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FiledOctober 25, 1996
PublishedMay 2, 1997
GrantedJanuary 3, 2007
Term endedOctober 25, 2016
Application numberEP 96307719
Classification (CPC)C10M163/00 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedOct 25, 1996PublishedMay 2, 1997Patent grantedJan 3, 2007Term endedOct 25, 2016

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