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DNA probe and method for the detection of Shigella and entero-invasive strains of Escherichia coli

EP 0170584 B1 · Applicant: INSTITUT PASTEUR

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  • Filed July 12, 1985 and granted March 14, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 12, 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 January 12, 2011.
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FiledJuly 12, 1985
PublishedFebruary 5, 1986
GrantedMarch 14, 1990
Term endedJuly 12, 2005
Application numberEP 85401435
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/689 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 12, 1985PublishedFeb 5, 1986Patent grantedMarch 14, 1990Term endedJuly 12, 2005

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