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EP 0243570 B1 · Applicant: VOEST-ALPINE INDUSTRIEANLAGENBAU GESELLSCHAFT m.b.H.

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  • Filed April 29, 1986 and granted January 18, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 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 October 29, 2011.
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FiledApril 29, 1986
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedJanuary 18, 1989
Term endedApril 29, 2006
Application numberEP 86890120
Classification (CPC)G01N1/2258

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedApril 29, 1986PublishedNov 4, 1987Patent grantedJan 18, 1989Term endedApril 29, 2006

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