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EP 0347608 B1 · Applicant: WOCO Franz-Josef Wolf & Co.

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  • Filed May 26, 1989 and granted February 26, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 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 November 26, 2014.
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FiledMay 26, 1989
PublishedDecember 27, 1989
GrantedFebruary 26, 1992
Term endedMay 26, 2009
Application numberEP 89109484
Classification (CPC)F16L17/035

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 26, 1989PublishedDec 27, 1989Patent grantedFeb 26, 1992Term endedMay 26, 2009

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