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EP 0167248 B1 · Applicant: SERONO DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED

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  • Filed May 13, 1985 and granted January 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 13, 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 November 13, 2010.
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FiledMay 13, 1985
PublishedJanuary 8, 1986
GrantedJanuary 12, 1994
Term endedMay 13, 2005
Application numberEP 85303367
Classification (CPC)G01N27/3271 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 13, 1985PublishedJan 8, 1986Patent grantedJan 12, 1994Term endedMay 13, 2005

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