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EP 0243440 B1 · Applicant: Inter Innovation AB

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  • Filed October 24, 1986 and granted April 10, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2012.
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FiledOctober 24, 1986
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedApril 10, 1991
Term endedOctober 24, 2006
Application numberEP 86906495
Classification (CPC)G07D11/13

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 24, 1986PublishedNov 4, 1987Patent grantedApril 10, 1991Term endedOct 24, 2006

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