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Flow-cell device

EP 0288029 B1 · Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

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  • Filed April 20, 1988 and granted January 12, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 20, 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 20, 2013.
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FiledApril 20, 1988
PublishedOctober 26, 1988
GrantedJanuary 12, 1994
Term endedApril 20, 2008
Application numberEP 88106306
Classification (CPC)G01N15/1404

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedApril 20, 1988PublishedOct 26, 1988Patent grantedJan 12, 1994Term endedApril 20, 2008

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