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Polymerization of ethylene

EP 1177224 B1 · Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

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  • Filed April 25, 2000 and granted June 16, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 25, 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 25, 2025.
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FiledApril 25, 2000
PublishedFebruary 6, 2002
GrantedJune 16, 2004
Term endedApril 25, 2020
Application numberEP 00926338
Classification (CPC)C07F15/06 +2 more

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