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EP 0146151 B1 · Applicant: DE LA RUE GIORI S.A.

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  • Filed September 24, 1984 and granted June 15, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 24, 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 March 24, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 24, 1984
PublishedJune 26, 1985
GrantedJune 15, 1988
Term endedSeptember 24, 2004
Application numberEP 84201359
Classification (CPC)B42D25/00 +2 more

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