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Flow cell for particle scanner

EP 0272260 B1 · Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION

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  • Filed September 5, 1986 and granted July 7, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 5, 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 March 5, 2012.
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FiledSeptember 5, 1986
PublishedJune 29, 1988
GrantedJuly 7, 1993
Term endedSeptember 5, 2006
Application numberEP 86905170
Classification (CPC)G01N21/05

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedSep 5, 1986PublishedJune 29, 1988Patent grantedJuly 7, 1993Term endedSep 5, 2006

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