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A method of growing plants, and a growing bag for use by the method

EP 0076261 B1 · Applicant: BENTLE PRODUCTS AG

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  • Filed April 15, 1981 and granted February 19, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 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 October 15, 2006.
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FiledApril 15, 1981
PublishedApril 13, 1983
GrantedFebruary 19, 1986
Term endedApril 15, 2001
Application numberEP 81902662
Classification (CPC)A01G24/30 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedApril 15, 1981PublishedApril 13, 1983Patent grantedFeb 19, 1986Term endedApril 15, 2001

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