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EP 0303010 B1 · Applicant: Instore-Marketing GmbH

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  • Filed May 31, 1988 and granted May 19, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 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 December 1, 2013.
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FiledMay 31, 1988
PublishedFebruary 15, 1989
GrantedMay 19, 1993
Term endedMay 31, 2008
Application numberEP 88108705
Classification (CPC)A47B87/0223

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 31, 1988PublishedFeb 15, 1989Patent grantedMay 19, 1993Term endedMay 31, 2008

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