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Process for rapid testing of the effect of agents on micro-organisms

EP 0457789 B1 · Applicant: BRUKER Analytische Messtechnik GmbH

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  • Filed February 8, 1990 and granted November 11, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 8, 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 August 8, 2015.
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FiledFebruary 8, 1990
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedNovember 11, 1992
Term endedFebruary 8, 2010
Application numberEP 90902620
Classification (CPC)C12M41/46 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedFeb 8, 1990PublishedNov 27, 1991Patent grantedNov 11, 1992Term endedFeb 8, 2010

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