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EP 0336955 B1 · Applicant: HAMMETT, Robert B.

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  • Filed October 13, 1988 and granted May 26, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 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 13, 2014.
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FiledOctober 13, 1988
PublishedOctober 18, 1989
GrantedMay 26, 1993
Term endedOctober 13, 2008
Application numberEP 88909488
Classification (CPC)F02B71/00

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 13, 1988PublishedOct 18, 1989Patent grantedMay 26, 1993Term endedOct 13, 2008

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