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EP 0126537 B1 · Applicant: DAMON BIOTECH, INC.

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  • Filed April 6, 1984 and granted July 11, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 6, 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 October 6, 2009.
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FiledApril 6, 1984
PublishedNovember 28, 1984
GrantedJuly 11, 1990
Term endedApril 6, 2004
Application numberEP 84302378
Classification (CPC)A61K9/50 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedApril 6, 1984PublishedNov 28, 1984Patent grantedJuly 11, 1990Term endedApril 6, 2004

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