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Microorganisms and methods for degrading plant cell walls and complex hydrocarbons

EP 0289908 A2 · Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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  • Filed April 27, 1988 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 27, 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 27, 2013.
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FiledApril 27, 1988
PublishedNovember 9, 1988
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 27, 2008
Application numberEP 88106616
Classification (CPC)C12N9/14 +2 more

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