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EP 0022781 B1 · Applicant: AB BONNIERFÖRETAGEN

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  • Filed September 6, 1979 and granted May 25, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 6, 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 March 6, 2005.
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FiledSeptember 6, 1979
PublishedJanuary 28, 1981
GrantedMay 25, 1983
Term endedSeptember 6, 1999
Application numberEP 79901146
Classification (CPC)F04C14/12

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedSep 6, 1979PublishedJan 28, 1981Patent grantedMay 25, 1983Term endedSep 6, 1999

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