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EP 0154728 B1 · Applicant: Hatamura, Yotaro

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  • Filed March 13, 1984 and granted November 2, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 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 September 13, 2009.
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FiledMarch 13, 1984
PublishedSeptember 18, 1985
GrantedNovember 2, 1988
Term endedMarch 13, 2004
Application numberEP 84200361
Classification (CPC)E02F9/006 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMarch 13, 1984PublishedSep 18, 1985Patent grantedNov 2, 1988Term endedMarch 13, 2004

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