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Process for preparation of cycloolefin copolymers

EP 0779306 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed December 10, 1996 and granted December 3, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 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 June 10, 2022.
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FiledDecember 10, 1996
PublishedJune 18, 1997
GrantedDecember 3, 2003
Term endedDecember 10, 2016
Application numberEP 96119751
Classification (CPC)C08F232/00 +2 more

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