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EP 0242408 B1 · Applicant: Laib, Wilhelm

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  • Filed April 16, 1986 and granted July 17, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 16, 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 October 16, 2011.
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FiledApril 16, 1986
PublishedOctober 28, 1987
GrantedJuly 17, 1991
Term endedApril 16, 2006
Application numberEP 86105247
Classification (CPC)B63B41/00 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedApril 16, 1986PublishedOct 28, 1987Patent grantedJuly 17, 1991Term endedApril 16, 2006

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