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Methods and compositions useful in the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases

EP 0205579 B1 · Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY

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  • Filed December 18, 1985 and granted February 14, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 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 June 18, 2011.
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FiledDecember 18, 1985
PublishedDecember 30, 1986
GrantedFebruary 14, 1996
Term endedDecember 18, 2005
Application numberEP 86900511
Classification (CPC)C12N15/11 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 18, 1985PublishedDec 30, 1986Patent grantedFeb 14, 1996Term endedDec 18, 2005

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