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EP 0154073 B1 · Applicant: KOTOBUKI & CO., LTD.

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  • Filed August 16, 1984 and granted October 5, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 16, 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 February 16, 2010.
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FiledAugust 16, 1984
PublishedSeptember 11, 1985
GrantedOctober 5, 1988
Term endedAugust 16, 2004
Application numberEP 84305575
Classification (CPC)B43K21/003 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 16, 1984PublishedSep 11, 1985Patent grantedOct 5, 1988Term endedAug 16, 2004

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