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EP 0009870 A1 · Applicant: GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC.

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  • Filed August 14, 1979 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 14, 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 February 14, 2005.
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FiledAugust 14, 1979
PublishedApril 16, 1980
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 14, 1999
Application numberEP 79301653
Classification (CPC)H03K21/18 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedAug 14, 1979PublishedApril 16, 1980Term endedAug 14, 1999

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