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Oxygen storage material based on cerium oxide, method for the preparation thereof and use for the purification of exhaust gases of internal combustion engines

EP 1180397 B1 · Applicant: Umicore AG & Co. KG

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  • Filed August 19, 2000 and granted March 28, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 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 February 19, 2026.
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FiledAugust 19, 2000
PublishedFebruary 20, 2002
GrantedMarch 28, 2007
Term endedAugust 19, 2020
Application numberEP 00117898
Classification (CPC)C01B13/02 +2 more

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2001200320052007200920112013201520172019Application filedAug 19, 2000PublishedFeb 20, 2002Patent grantedMarch 28, 2007Term endedAug 19, 2020

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