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EP 0244483 B1 · Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

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  • Filed November 26, 1986 and granted July 15, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 26, 2012.
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FiledNovember 26, 1986
PublishedNovember 11, 1987
GrantedJuly 15, 1992
Term endedNovember 26, 2006
Application numberEP 87900750
Classification (CPC)G06F18/23211

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 26, 1986PublishedNov 11, 1987Patent grantedJuly 15, 1992Term endedNov 26, 2006

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