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Luminescent metal chelate labels and means for detection

EP 0199804 B1 · Applicant: IGEN, INC.

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  • Filed October 30, 1985 and granted April 6, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 30, 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 April 30, 2011.
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FiledOctober 30, 1985
PublishedNovember 5, 1986
GrantedApril 6, 1994
Term endedOctober 30, 2005
Application numberEP 85905702
Classification (CPC)C07F15/0053 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 30, 1985PublishedNov 5, 1986Patent grantedApril 6, 1994Term endedOct 30, 2005

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