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Soil-conditioning material

EP 0346418 B1 · Applicant: GESELLSCHAFT FÜR GNOTOBIOTECHNIK UND BIOFORSCHUNG MBH

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  • Filed December 20, 1988 and granted May 26, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 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 June 20, 2014.
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FiledDecember 20, 1988
PublishedDecember 20, 1989
GrantedMay 26, 1993
Term endedDecember 20, 2008
Application numberEP 89900248
Classification (CPC)C05F11/00 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 20, 1988PublishedDec 20, 1989Patent grantedMay 26, 1993Term endedDec 20, 2008

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