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EP 0121039 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed January 16, 1984 and granted June 1, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 2004.
  • 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 July 16, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 16, 1984
PublishedOctober 10, 1984
GrantedJune 1, 1988
Term endedJanuary 16, 2004
Application numberEP 84100396
Classification (CPC)G05B19/054

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJan 16, 1984PublishedOct 10, 1984Patent grantedJune 1, 1988Term endedJan 16, 2004

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