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Method for diagnosis of hepatic cancer or hepatocirrhosis

EP 0334962 B1 · Applicant: ORIENTAL YEAST CO., LTD.

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  • Filed September 6, 1988 and granted April 12, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 6, 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 March 6, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 6, 1988
PublishedOctober 4, 1989
GrantedApril 12, 1995
Term endedSeptember 6, 2008
Application numberEP 88907811
Classification (CPC)G01N33/57525 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 6, 1988PublishedOct 4, 1989Patent grantedApril 12, 1995Term endedSep 6, 2008

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