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Control of laboratory evaporation

EP 0259307 B1 · Applicant: ZYMARK CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 12, 1986 and granted August 28, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 12, 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 August 12, 2011.
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FiledFebruary 12, 1986
PublishedMarch 16, 1988
GrantedAugust 28, 1991
Term endedFebruary 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86901641
Classification (CPC)B01D1/14

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedFeb 12, 1986PublishedMarch 16, 1988Patent grantedAug 28, 1991Term endedFeb 12, 2006

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