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Manufacture of acetic acid

EP 1683780 B1 · Applicant: Acetex (Cyprus) Limited

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  • Filed October 31, 2000 and granted March 4, 2009. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 May 1, 2026.
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FiledOctober 31, 2000
PublishedJuly 26, 2006
GrantedMarch 4, 2009
Term endedOctober 31, 2020
Application numberEP 06006456
Classification (CPC)F25J3/0252 +2 more

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2001200320052007200920112013201520172019Application filedOct 31, 2000PublishedJuly 26, 2006Patent grantedMarch 4, 2009Term endedOct 31, 2020

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