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Method of processing seeds or cereal to accelerate natural germination

EP 0030575 B1 · Applicant: J. & P. Coats, Limited

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  • Filed December 10, 1979 and granted March 14, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 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 June 10, 2005.
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FiledDecember 10, 1979
PublishedJune 24, 1981
GrantedMarch 14, 1984
Term endedDecember 10, 1999
Application numberEP 79302837
Classification (CPC)C12C1/067 +2 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedDec 10, 1979PublishedJune 24, 1981Patent grantedMarch 14, 1984Term endedDec 10, 1999

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