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Process for extracting and purifying lignans and cinnamic acid derivatives from flaxseed

EP 0817824 B1 · Applicant: Her Majesty in Right of Canada, represented by The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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  • Filed March 29, 1996 and granted November 21, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 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 September 29, 2021.
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FiledMarch 29, 1996
PublishedJanuary 14, 1998
GrantedNovember 21, 2001
Term endedMarch 29, 2016
Application numberEP 96907972
Classification (CPC)C07H1/08

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