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Device for susceptibility testing of microorganisms

EP 0231334 B1 · Applicant: AB BIODISK

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  • Filed July 28, 1986 and granted April 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 28, 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 January 28, 2012.
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FiledJuly 28, 1986
PublishedAugust 12, 1987
GrantedApril 18, 1990
Term endedJuly 28, 2006
Application numberEP 86904968
Classification (CPC)C12M23/22 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJuly 28, 1986PublishedAug 12, 1987Patent grantedApril 18, 1990Term endedJuly 28, 2006

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