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EP 0249974 B1 · Applicant: Staar Development Company -S.A.

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  • Filed June 17, 1987 and granted March 15, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 17, 2007.
  • 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 December 17, 2012.
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FiledJune 17, 1987
PublishedDecember 23, 1987
GrantedMarch 15, 1995
Term endedJune 17, 2007
Application numberEP 87108731
Classification (CPC)G07F9/002 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJune 17, 1987PublishedDec 23, 1987Patent grantedMarch 15, 1995Term endedJune 17, 2007

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