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EP 0338661 B1 · Applicant: SANDEN CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 22, 1989 and granted August 18, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 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 August 22, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1989
PublishedOctober 25, 1989
GrantedAugust 18, 1993
Term endedFebruary 22, 2009
Application numberEP 89301689
Classification (CPC)B67D3/043

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 22, 1989PublishedOct 25, 1989Patent grantedAug 18, 1993Term endedFeb 22, 2009

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