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Procedure to determine a plasminogen activator and its inhibitor

EP 0456567 B1 · Applicant: DIAGNOSTICA STAGO (société anonyme)

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  • Filed May 6, 1991 and granted January 7, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 6, 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 November 6, 2016.
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FiledMay 6, 1991
PublishedNovember 13, 1991
GrantedJanuary 7, 1998
Term endedMay 6, 2011
Application numberEP 91401181
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/56

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 6, 1991PublishedNov 13, 1991Patent grantedJan 7, 1998Term endedMay 6, 2011

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