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EP 0148487 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA

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  • Filed December 21, 1984 and granted August 31, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2010.
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FiledDecember 21, 1984
PublishedJuly 17, 1985
GrantedAugust 31, 1988
Term endedDecember 21, 2004
Application numberEP 84116058
Classification (CPC)B07C3/20 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 21, 1984PublishedJuly 17, 1985Patent grantedAug 31, 1988Term endedDec 21, 2004

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