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Water-in-oil emulsified fat composition

EP 1079699 B1 · Applicant: Kao Corporation

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  • Filed May 21, 1998 and granted January 9, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 21, 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 November 21, 2023.
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FiledMay 21, 1998
PublishedMarch 7, 2001
GrantedJanuary 9, 2002
Term endedMay 21, 2018
Application numberEP 98921745
Classification (CPC)A23D7/015 +1 more

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