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EP 0068133 B1 · Applicant: Wilhelm Ruf KG

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  • Filed May 15, 1982 and granted August 14, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 2002.
  • 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 November 15, 2007.
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FiledMay 15, 1982
PublishedJanuary 5, 1983
GrantedAugust 14, 1985
Term endedMay 15, 2002
Application numberEP 82104270
Classification (CPC)H01H1/029

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMay 15, 1982PublishedJan 5, 1983Patent grantedAug 14, 1985Term endedMay 15, 2002

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