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Method of producing self-cleaning detachable surfaces

EP 1171529 B1 · Applicant: Barthlott, Wilhelm

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  • Filed March 18, 2000 and granted July 23, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 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 September 18, 2025.
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FiledMarch 18, 2000
PublishedJanuary 16, 2002
GrantedJuly 23, 2003
Term endedMarch 18, 2020
Application numberEP 00920513
Classification (CPC)C08J7/056 +2 more

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