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EP 0151935 B1 · Applicant: Institut Cerac S.A.

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  • Filed January 12, 1985 and granted November 19, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 12, 2005.
  • 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 July 12, 2010.
  • We check European rights only. A US or other national patent in its family could still be in force: check its family on Espacenet or Google Patents.
FiledJanuary 12, 1985
PublishedAugust 21, 1985
GrantedNovember 19, 1987
Term endedJanuary 12, 2005
Application numberEP 85100274
Classification (CPC)F02N11/00 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJan 12, 1985PublishedAug 21, 1985Patent grantedNov 19, 1987Term endedJan 12, 2005

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