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EP 0363390 B1 · Applicant: Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Gov. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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  • Filed May 17, 1988 and granted July 24, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 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 November 17, 2013.
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FiledMay 17, 1988
PublishedApril 18, 1990
GrantedJuly 24, 1991
Term endedMay 17, 2008
Application numberEP 88904413
Classification (CPC)C23C30/00 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMay 17, 1988PublishedApril 18, 1990Patent grantedJuly 24, 1991Term endedMay 17, 2008

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