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EP 0305375 B1 · Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

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  • Filed May 12, 1987 and granted October 28, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 2007.
  • 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 November 12, 2012.
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FiledMay 12, 1987
PublishedMarch 8, 1989
GrantedOctober 28, 1992
Term endedMay 12, 2007
Application numberEP 87902667
Classification (CPC)C22C1/12 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 12, 1987PublishedMarch 8, 1989Patent grantedOct 28, 1992Term endedMay 12, 2007

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