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Fast drying nail enamel composition and method

EP 0869764 B1 · Applicant: L'OREAL

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  • Filed November 14, 1996 and granted May 16, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 14, 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 May 14, 2022.
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FiledNovember 14, 1996
PublishedOctober 14, 1998
GrantedMay 16, 2001
Term endedNovember 14, 2016
Application numberEP 96939264
Classification (CPC)A61K8/731 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedNov 14, 1996PublishedOct 14, 1998Patent grantedMay 16, 2001Term endedNov 14, 2016

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