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EP 0030875 B1 · Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE Etablissement de Caractère Scientifique Technique et Industriel

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  • Filed November 17, 1980 and granted August 15, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 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 May 17, 2006.
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FiledNovember 17, 1980
PublishedJune 24, 1981
GrantedAugust 15, 1984
Term endedNovember 17, 2000
Application numberEP 80401643
Classification (CPC)G09F9/30 +2 more

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedNov 17, 1980PublishedJune 24, 1981Patent grantedAug 15, 1984Term endedNov 17, 2000

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