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EP 0339059 B1 · Applicant: SADAMEL SOCIETE ANONYME DES APPAREILS DE MESURE ET DE LABORATOIRE

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  • Filed October 17, 1988 and granted July 22, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 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 17, 2014.
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FiledOctober 17, 1988
PublishedNovember 2, 1989
GrantedJuly 22, 1992
Term endedOctober 17, 2008
Application numberEP 88908652
Classification (CPC)B65H3/06 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 17, 1988PublishedNov 2, 1989Patent grantedJuly 22, 1992Term endedOct 17, 2008

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