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Electrophoresis method and apparatus for separating particles in a separation medium

EP 0238602 B1 · Applicant: THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

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  • Filed September 29, 1986 and granted September 9, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 29, 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 March 29, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1986
PublishedSeptember 30, 1987
GrantedSeptember 9, 1992
Term endedSeptember 29, 2006
Application numberEP 86905881
Classification (CPC)G01N27/44773

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 29, 1986PublishedSep 30, 1987Patent grantedSep 9, 1992Term endedSep 29, 2006

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