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Minimizing eluate band widths in liquid chromatography

EP 0444441 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed February 5, 1991 and granted September 25, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 5, 2011.
  • 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 5, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 5, 1991
PublishedSeptember 4, 1991
GrantedSeptember 25, 1996
Term endedFebruary 5, 2011
Application numberEP 91101528
Classification (CPC)G01N30/08 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 5, 1991PublishedSep 4, 1991Patent grantedSep 25, 1996Term endedFeb 5, 2011

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