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EP 0459138 B1 · Applicant: Zerfass, Heinz

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  • Filed April 22, 1991 and granted January 11, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 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 October 22, 2016.
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FiledApril 22, 1991
PublishedDecember 4, 1991
GrantedJanuary 11, 1995
Term endedApril 22, 2011
Application numberEP 91106421
Classification (CPC)B24D9/08

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 22, 1991PublishedDec 4, 1991Patent grantedJan 11, 1995Term endedApril 22, 2011

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