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Process for preparing iridium acetate and its use

EP 1046629 B1 · Applicant: W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed March 31, 2000 and granted February 26, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 31, 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 October 1, 2025.
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FiledMarch 31, 2000
PublishedOctober 25, 2000
GrantedFebruary 26, 2003
Term endedMarch 31, 2020
Application numberEP 00106875
Classification (CPC)C07C51/412 +1 more

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