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Method of improving performance of refrigerant systems

EP 1198535 B1 · Applicant: Cognis IP Management GmbH

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  • Filed June 8, 2000 and granted July 27, 2011. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 8, 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 December 8, 2025.
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FiledJune 8, 2000
PublishedApril 24, 2002
GrantedJuly 27, 2011
Term endedJune 8, 2020
Application numberEP 00938224
Classification (CPC)C10M171/008 +2 more

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