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Process for the generation of alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids and esters using niobium catalyst

EP 1071652 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY

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  • Filed April 15, 1999 and granted June 15, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 2019.
  • 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 15, 2024.
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FiledApril 15, 1999
PublishedJanuary 31, 2001
GrantedJune 15, 2005
Term endedApril 15, 2019
Application numberEP 99918584
Classification (CPC)C07C51/353 +1 more

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