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EP 0014728 B1 · Applicant: Joly, Günter

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  • Filed February 26, 1979 and granted December 22, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 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 August 26, 2004.
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FiledFebruary 26, 1979
PublishedSeptember 3, 1980
GrantedDecember 22, 1982
Term endedFebruary 26, 1999
Application numberEP 79100563
Classification (CPC)F16B13/141

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedFeb 26, 1979PublishedSep 3, 1980Patent grantedDec 22, 1982Term endedFeb 26, 1999

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