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Accelerated nucleic acid reassociation method

EP 0167366 B1 · Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED

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  • Filed June 28, 1985 and granted April 23, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 28, 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 December 28, 2010.
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FiledJune 28, 1985
PublishedJanuary 8, 1986
GrantedApril 23, 1997
Term endedJune 28, 2005
Application numberEP 85304635
Classification (CPC)C07H21/00 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJune 28, 1985PublishedJan 8, 1986Patent grantedApril 23, 1997Term endedJune 28, 2005

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