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Chemical assay apparatus

EP 0160566 B1 · Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.

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  • Filed April 29, 1985 and granted July 4, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 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 October 29, 2010.
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FiledApril 29, 1985
PublishedNovember 6, 1985
GrantedJuly 4, 1990
Term endedApril 29, 2005
Application numberEP 85303042
Classification (CPC)G01N27/4035

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedApril 29, 1985PublishedNov 6, 1985Patent grantedJuly 4, 1990Term endedApril 29, 2005

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