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Device and procedure for microbiological work

EP 0006192 B1 · Applicant: BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH

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  • Filed June 7, 1979 and granted February 25, 1981. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 1999.
  • 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 7, 2004.
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FiledJune 7, 1979
PublishedJanuary 9, 1980
GrantedFebruary 25, 1981
Term endedJune 7, 1999
Application numberEP 79101806
Classification (CPC)C12M23/14 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedJune 7, 1979PublishedJan 9, 1980Patent grantedFeb 25, 1981Term endedJune 7, 1999

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