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EP 0253820 B1 · Applicant: PROTECTOR SAFETY LIMITED

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  • Filed June 2, 1986 and granted October 30, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 2, 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 December 2, 2011.
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FiledJune 2, 1986
PublishedJanuary 27, 1988
GrantedOctober 30, 1991
Term endedJune 2, 2006
Application numberEP 86903494
Classification (CPC)B01D46/10 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedJune 2, 1986PublishedJan 27, 1988Patent grantedOct 30, 1991Term endedJune 2, 2006

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