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EP 0394441 B1 · Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 24, 1988 and granted July 19, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 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 April 24, 2014.
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FiledOctober 24, 1988
PublishedOctober 31, 1990
GrantedJuly 19, 1995
Term endedOctober 24, 2008
Application numberEP 88909132
Classification (CPC)A47C3/12 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 24, 1988PublishedOct 31, 1990Patent grantedJuly 19, 1995Term endedOct 24, 2008

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