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Thermostatic device for liquid chromatographs

EP 0043946 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard GmbH

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  • Filed June 23, 1981 and granted March 20, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 23, 2001.
  • 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 23, 2006.
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FiledJune 23, 1981
PublishedJanuary 20, 1982
GrantedMarch 20, 1985
Term endedJune 23, 2001
Application numberEP 81104842
Classification (CPC)G01N30/30

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJune 23, 1981PublishedJan 20, 1982Patent grantedMarch 20, 1985Term endedJune 23, 2001

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