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Method for preserving food

EP 0372091 B1 · Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo

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  • Filed June 9, 1989 and granted September 18, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 9, 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 December 9, 2014.
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FiledJune 9, 1989
PublishedJune 13, 1990
GrantedSeptember 18, 1996
Term endedJune 9, 2009
Application numberEP 89907265
Classification (CPC)A23B2/729 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJune 9, 1989PublishedJune 13, 1990Patent grantedSep 18, 1996Term endedJune 9, 2009

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