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Viscosity modifier for lubricating oil and lubricating oil composition

EP 1148115 B1 · Applicant: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

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  • Filed December 8, 1999 and granted June 29, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 8, 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 June 8, 2025.
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FiledDecember 8, 1999
PublishedOctober 24, 2001
GrantedJune 29, 2005
Term endedDecember 8, 2019
Application numberEP 99959693
Classification (CPC)C10M177/00 +2 more

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