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EP 0372003 B1 · Applicant: Linde Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed October 19, 1988 and granted June 26, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2014.
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FiledOctober 19, 1988
PublishedJune 13, 1990
GrantedJune 26, 1991
Term endedOctober 19, 2008
Application numberEP 88909312
Classification (CPC)F28F25/00 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 19, 1988PublishedJune 13, 1990Patent grantedJune 26, 1991Term endedOct 19, 2008

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