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Improved catalyst composition for preparing high-syndiotacticity polystyrene from styrene or other aryl ethylene monomers and processes using the same

EP 0775712 B1 · Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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  • Filed January 30, 1996 and granted April 28, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 30, 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 July 30, 2021.
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FiledJanuary 30, 1996
PublishedMay 28, 1997
GrantedApril 28, 1999
Term endedJanuary 30, 2016
Application numberEP 96300628
Classification (CPC)C08F10/00 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJan 30, 1996PublishedMay 28, 1997Patent grantedApril 28, 1999Term endedJan 30, 2016

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