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EP 0322488 B1 · Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed December 24, 1987 and granted April 14, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 24, 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 June 24, 2013.
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FiledDecember 24, 1987
PublishedJuly 5, 1989
GrantedApril 14, 1993
Term endedDecember 24, 2007
Application numberEP 87311456
Classification (CPC)B05B11/0005 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 24, 1987PublishedJuly 5, 1989Patent grantedApril 14, 1993Term endedDec 24, 2007

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