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Optical assay for stored human platelets

EP 0141632 B1 · Applicant: Bellhouse, Brian John

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  • Filed October 29, 1984 and granted April 12, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 29, 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 April 29, 2010.
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FiledOctober 29, 1984
PublishedMay 15, 1985
GrantedApril 12, 1989
Term endedOctober 29, 2004
Application numberEP 84307422
Classification (CPC)G01N21/51

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 29, 1984PublishedMay 15, 1985Patent grantedApril 12, 1989Term endedOct 29, 2004

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