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Method for determining lipid bound sialic acid in whole blood

EP 0159563 B1 · Applicant: DIANON SYSTEMS, INC.

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  • Filed March 27, 1985 and granted April 25, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 27, 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 September 27, 2010.
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FiledMarch 27, 1985
PublishedOctober 30, 1985
GrantedApril 25, 1990
Term endedMarch 27, 2005
Application numberEP 85103684
Classification (CPC)G01N33/50 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 27, 1985PublishedOct 30, 1985Patent grantedApril 25, 1990Term endedMarch 27, 2005

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