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Nucleic acid sequencing by exonuclease inhibition

EP 0227772 B1 · Applicant: AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL plc

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  • Filed June 17, 1986 and granted June 13, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 17, 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 December 17, 2011.
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FiledJune 17, 1986
PublishedJuly 8, 1987
GrantedJune 13, 1990
Term endedJune 17, 2006
Application numberEP 86904235
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/6869 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJune 17, 1986PublishedJuly 8, 1987Patent grantedJune 13, 1990Term endedJune 17, 2006

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