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Method for performing nucleic acid hybridization assays

EP 0227795 B1 · Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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  • Filed June 13, 1986 and granted December 15, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 13, 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 13, 2011.
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FiledJune 13, 1986
PublishedJuly 8, 1987
GrantedDecember 15, 1993
Term endedJune 13, 2006
Application numberEP 86904513
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/6813 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJune 13, 1986PublishedJuly 8, 1987Patent grantedDec 15, 1993Term endedJune 13, 2006

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