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Apparatus for the electrothermal atomization of samples for spectroscopic purposes

EP 0386521 B1 · Applicant: BODENSEEWERK PERKIN-ELMER GMBH

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  • Filed February 21, 1990 and granted April 28, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 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 August 21, 2015.
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FiledFebruary 21, 1990
PublishedSeptember 12, 1990
GrantedApril 28, 1993
Term endedFebruary 21, 2010
Application numberEP 90103302
Classification (CPC)G01N21/74

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