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Testing device comprising a contacting device and at least one test specimen

EP 0326098 B1 · Applicant: Prokopp, Manfred

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  • Filed January 25, 1989 and granted August 11, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 25, 2009.
  • 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 July 25, 2014.
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FiledJanuary 25, 1989
PublishedAugust 2, 1989
GrantedAugust 11, 1993
Term endedJanuary 25, 2009
Application numberEP 89101261
Classification (CPC)G01R31/2808

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