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EP 0370331 B1 · Applicant: 4P Folie Forchheim GmbH

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  • Filed November 10, 1989 and granted July 21, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 10, 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 May 10, 2015.
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FiledNovember 10, 1989
PublishedMay 30, 1990
GrantedJuly 21, 1993
Term endedNovember 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89120846
Classification (CPC)C08J5/18 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 10, 1989PublishedMay 30, 1990Patent grantedJuly 21, 1993Term endedNov 10, 2009

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