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EP 0387279 B1 · Applicant: FINESIGN AB

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  • Filed November 18, 1988 and granted September 21, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 18, 2008.
  • 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 May 18, 2014.
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FiledNovember 18, 1988
PublishedSeptember 19, 1990
GrantedSeptember 21, 1994
Term endedNovember 18, 2008
Application numberEP 88910168
Classification (CPC)G09F1/10 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedNov 18, 1988PublishedSep 19, 1990Patent grantedSep 21, 1994Term endedNov 18, 2008

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