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Aquarium lighting

EP 0364124 B1 · Applicant: THORN EMI plc

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  • Filed September 25, 1989 and granted March 10, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 25, 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 March 25, 2015.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1989
PublishedApril 18, 1990
GrantedMarch 10, 1993
Term endedSeptember 25, 2009
Application numberEP 89309716
Classification (CPC)A01K63/06 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedSep 25, 1989PublishedApril 18, 1990Patent grantedMarch 10, 1993Term endedSep 25, 2009

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