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Antifouling coating

EP 1496089 B1 · Applicant: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed March 20, 2001 and granted November 2, 2011. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 2021.
  • 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 20, 2026.
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FiledMarch 20, 2001
PublishedJanuary 12, 2005
GrantedNovember 2, 2011
Term endedMarch 20, 2021
Application numberEP 04024250
Classification (CPC)C09D5/165

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