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An antimicrobial preparation

EP 0048944 B1 · Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED

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  • Filed September 22, 1981 and granted March 14, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 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 March 22, 2007.
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FiledSeptember 22, 1981
PublishedApril 7, 1982
GrantedMarch 14, 1984
Term endedSeptember 22, 2001
Application numberEP 81107543
Classification (CPC)A61K9/0019 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedSep 22, 1981PublishedApril 7, 1982Patent grantedMarch 14, 1984Term endedSep 22, 2001

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