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EP 0118568 B1 · Applicant: NISHIZAWA, Junichi

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  • Filed September 9, 1983 and granted June 14, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 9, 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 March 9, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 9, 1983
PublishedSeptember 19, 1984
GrantedJune 14, 1989
Term endedSeptember 9, 2003
Application numberEP 83902905
Classification (CPC)H10F39/196

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 9, 1983PublishedSep 19, 1984Patent grantedJune 14, 1989Term endedSep 9, 2003

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