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EP 0101263 A2 · Applicant: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in Her Britannic Majesty's Gov. of the U.K. of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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  • Filed August 4, 1983 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 4, 2003.
  • 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 February 4, 2009.
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FiledAugust 4, 1983
PublishedFebruary 22, 1984
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 4, 2003
Application numberEP 83304522
Classification (CPC)G01N15/06

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedAug 4, 1983PublishedFeb 22, 1984Term endedAug 4, 2003

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