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EP 0337783 B1 · Applicant: YAMATO SCALE CO., LTD.

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  • Filed April 13, 1989 and granted January 19, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 13, 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 October 13, 2014.
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FiledApril 13, 1989
PublishedOctober 18, 1989
GrantedJanuary 19, 1994
Term endedApril 13, 2009
Application numberEP 89303673
Classification (CPC)G01V3/107

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 13, 1989PublishedOct 18, 1989Patent grantedJan 19, 1994Term endedApril 13, 2009

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