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Manufacture of L-ascorbic acid and D-erythorbic acid

EP 1026257 B1 · Applicant: F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG

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  • Filed January 13, 2000 and granted April 12, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 13, 2020.
  • 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 July 13, 2025.
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FiledJanuary 13, 2000
PublishedAugust 9, 2000
GrantedApril 12, 2006
Term endedJanuary 13, 2020
Application numberEP 00100617
Classification (CPC)C12P17/04

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