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Automatic cycling reaction apparatus and automatic analyzing apparatus using the same

EP 0171140 B1 · Applicant: The University of Tokyo

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  • Filed May 15, 1985 and granted August 18, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 15, 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 15, 2010.
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FiledMay 15, 1985
PublishedFebruary 12, 1986
GrantedAugust 18, 1993
Term endedMay 15, 2005
Application numberEP 85303432
Classification (CPC)C12M21/18 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 15, 1985PublishedFeb 12, 1986Patent grantedAug 18, 1993Term endedMay 15, 2005

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