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Method for culturing plant tissue

EP 0313402 B1 · Applicant: MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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  • Filed October 21, 1988 and granted May 20, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 21, 2014.
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FiledOctober 21, 1988
PublishedApril 26, 1989
GrantedMay 20, 1992
Term endedOctober 21, 2008
Application numberEP 88309952
Classification (CPC)A01H4/005

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