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EP 0380199 B1 · Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION

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  • Filed January 4, 1990 and granted August 2, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 4, 2010.
  • 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 July 4, 2015.
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FiledJanuary 4, 1990
PublishedAugust 1, 1990
GrantedAugust 2, 1995
Term endedJanuary 4, 2010
Application numberEP 90300078
Classification (CPC)B41J25/34

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJan 4, 1990PublishedAug 1, 1990Patent grantedAug 2, 1995Term endedJan 4, 2010

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