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EP 0109765 B1 · Applicant: Terrington, John Claude

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  • Filed October 21, 1983 and granted April 8, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 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 April 21, 2009.
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FiledOctober 21, 1983
PublishedMay 30, 1984
GrantedApril 8, 1987
Term endedOctober 21, 2003
Application numberEP 83306394
Classification (CPC)B65G7/12 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 21, 1983PublishedMay 30, 1984Patent grantedApril 8, 1987Term endedOct 21, 2003

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