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EP 0228656 B1 · Applicant: YOSHIDA KOGYO K.K.

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  • Filed December 17, 1986 and granted June 28, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 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 June 17, 2012.
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FiledDecember 17, 1986
PublishedJuly 15, 1987
GrantedJune 28, 1989
Term endedDecember 17, 2006
Application numberEP 86117582
Classification (CPC)F16G11/101

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 17, 1986PublishedJuly 15, 1987Patent grantedJune 28, 1989Term endedDec 17, 2006

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