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EP 0378249 B1 · Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed September 8, 1983 and granted December 14, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 8, 2003.
  • 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 8, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 8, 1983
PublishedJuly 18, 1990
GrantedDecember 14, 1994
Term endedSeptember 8, 2003
Application numberEP 90103731
Classification (CPC)G09G3/20 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedSep 8, 1983PublishedJuly 18, 1990Patent grantedDec 14, 1994Term endedSep 8, 2003

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