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EP 0240537 B1 · Applicant: DAHLEN,Gustav,Lennart

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  • Filed September 26, 1986 and granted January 24, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 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 26, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1986
PublishedOctober 14, 1987
GrantedJanuary 24, 1990
Term endedSeptember 26, 2006
Application numberEP 86905995
Classification (CPC)E04B1/161 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 26, 1986PublishedOct 14, 1987Patent grantedJan 24, 1990Term endedSep 26, 2006

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