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Methods of preparation of oil-in-water dispersions of beta-carotene and other carotenoids stable against oxidation, prepared from water-dispersible beadlets having high concentrations of carotenoid

EP 1006809 B1 · Applicant: Sunny Delight Beverages Europe SARL

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  • Filed August 7, 1998 and granted November 23, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 7, 2018.
  • 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 February 7, 2024.
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FiledAugust 7, 1998
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedNovember 23, 2005
Term endedAugust 7, 2018
Application numberEP 98944156
Classification (CPC)A23L2/58 +1 more

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