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EP 0044707 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHIMADZU SEISAKUSHO

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  • Filed July 15, 1981 and granted October 14, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 15, 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 January 15, 2007.
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FiledJuly 15, 1981
PublishedJanuary 27, 1982
GrantedOctober 14, 1987
Term endedJuly 15, 2001
Application numberEP 81303259
Classification (CPC)G01G23/012 +1 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJuly 15, 1981PublishedJan 27, 1982Patent grantedOct 14, 1987Term endedJuly 15, 2001

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