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Rapid test for detecting ascorbic acid and method for its preparation

EP 0021245 B1 · Applicant: BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH

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  • Filed June 10, 1980 and granted April 27, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 10, 2000.
  • 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 10, 2005.
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FiledJune 10, 1980
PublishedJanuary 7, 1981
GrantedApril 27, 1983
Term endedJune 10, 2000
Application numberEP 80103245
Classification (CPC)G01N33/14 +1 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJune 10, 1980PublishedJan 7, 1981Patent grantedApril 27, 1983Term endedJune 10, 2000

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