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Process and means for the determination of nucleic acids

EP 0286958 A2 · Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH

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  • Filed April 6, 1988 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 6, 2008.
  • 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 October 6, 2013.
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FiledApril 6, 1988
PublishedOctober 19, 1988
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 6, 2008
Application numberEP 88105441
Classification (CPC)C07H21/00 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 6, 1988PublishedOct 19, 1988Term endedApril 6, 2008

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