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EP 0173776 A1 · Applicant: Hewett, Erskine

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  • Filed August 22, 1984 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 22, 2004.
  • 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 February 22, 2010.
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FiledAugust 22, 1984
PublishedMarch 12, 1986
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 22, 2004
Application numberEP 84305712
Classification (CPC)A63F9/1204

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedAug 22, 1984PublishedMarch 12, 1986Term endedAug 22, 2004

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