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EP 0456880 A2 · Applicant: Hirane, Akio

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  • Filed August 29, 1990 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 29, 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 February 29, 2016.
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FiledAugust 29, 1990
PublishedNovember 21, 1991
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 29, 2010
Application numberEP 90116540
Classification (CPC)B23K11/11

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedAug 29, 1990PublishedNov 21, 1991Term endedAug 29, 2010

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