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Process for the conservation of living microorganisms

EP 0006671 B1 · Applicant: Firma Dr.Ing. Hans Müller

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  • Filed June 26, 1979 and granted September 15, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 26, 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 26, 2004.
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FiledJune 26, 1979
PublishedJanuary 9, 1980
GrantedSeptember 15, 1982
Term endedJune 26, 1999
Application numberEP 79200338
Classification (CPC)C12N1/04

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedJune 26, 1979PublishedJan 9, 1980Patent grantedSep 15, 1982Term endedJune 26, 1999

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