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Analytical element and method for colorimetric determination of total cholesterol

EP 0176357 B1 · Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation)

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  • Filed September 25, 1985 and granted June 7, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 25, 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 March 25, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1985
PublishedApril 2, 1986
GrantedJune 7, 1989
Term endedSeptember 25, 2005
Application numberEP 85306806
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/60 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 25, 1985PublishedApril 2, 1986Patent grantedJune 7, 1989Term endedSep 25, 2005

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