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Apparatus for testing resistance to light or to the weather

EP 0302986 B1 · Applicant: Heraeus Instruments GmbH

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  • Filed February 4, 1988 and granted October 9, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 4, 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 August 4, 2013.
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FiledFebruary 4, 1988
PublishedFebruary 15, 1989
GrantedOctober 9, 1991
Term endedFebruary 4, 2008
Application numberEP 88101574
Classification (CPC)G01N17/00 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedFeb 4, 1988PublishedFeb 15, 1989Patent grantedOct 9, 1991Term endedFeb 4, 2008

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