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Improved glyphosate formulations

EP 0378985 B1 · Applicant: MONSANTO COMPANY

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  • Filed December 21, 1989 and granted June 26, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2015.
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FiledDecember 21, 1989
PublishedJuly 25, 1990
GrantedJune 26, 1996
Term endedDecember 21, 2009
Application numberEP 89870207
Classification (CPC)A01N57/20

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedDec 21, 1989PublishedJuly 25, 1990Patent grantedJune 26, 1996Term endedDec 21, 2009

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