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EP 0304972 B1 · Applicant: LYNES HOLDING S.A.

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  • Filed June 21, 1988 and granted July 17, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 21, 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 21, 2013.
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FiledJune 21, 1988
PublishedMarch 1, 1989
GrantedJuly 17, 1991
Term endedJune 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88201271
Classification (CPC)B65D51/227 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJune 21, 1988PublishedMarch 1, 1989Patent grantedJuly 17, 1991Term endedJune 21, 2008

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