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Optical apparatus and method for measuring the characteristics of materials by their fluorescence

EP 0122741 B1 · Applicant: BioChem Sensors, Inc.

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  • Filed March 22, 1984 and granted June 21, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 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 September 22, 2009.
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FiledMarch 22, 1984
PublishedOctober 24, 1984
GrantedJune 21, 1989
Term endedMarch 22, 2004
Application numberEP 84301942
Classification (CPC)G01N21/645

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