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Fullerene-containing structure and process for producing the same

EP 1018487 B1 · Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Corporation

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  • Filed March 20, 1998 and granted January 22, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 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 September 20, 2023.
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FiledMarch 20, 1998
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedJanuary 22, 2003
Term endedMarch 20, 2018
Application numberEP 98909786
Classification (CPC)C01B32/15 +2 more

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