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EP 0200331 B1 · Applicant: DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND

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  • Filed March 19, 1986 and granted December 21, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 2006.
  • 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 September 19, 2011.
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FiledMarch 19, 1986
PublishedNovember 5, 1986
GrantedDecember 21, 1988
Term endedMarch 19, 2006
Application numberEP 86302028
Classification (CPC)B60T8/36 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMarch 19, 1986PublishedNov 5, 1986Patent grantedDec 21, 1988Term endedMarch 19, 2006

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