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DNA sequences encoding various allelic forms of mature thaumatin, recombinant plasmids comprising said DNA's and a process for their preparation, bacterial cultures comprising said recombinant plasmids, and method for producing mature thaumatin

EP 0054330 B1 · Applicant: UNILEVER N.V.

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  • Filed December 11, 1981 and granted September 17, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 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 June 11, 2007.
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FiledDecember 11, 1981
PublishedJune 23, 1982
GrantedSeptember 17, 1986
Term endedDecember 11, 2001
Application numberEP 81201354
Classification (CPC)C12N15/66 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 11, 1981PublishedJune 23, 1982Patent grantedSep 17, 1986Term endedDec 11, 2001

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