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EP 0459969 B1 · Applicant: WALTER JUST GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.

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  • Filed April 4, 1991 and granted March 9, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 4, 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 4, 2016.
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FiledApril 4, 1991
PublishedDecember 4, 1991
GrantedMarch 9, 1994
Term endedApril 4, 2011
Application numberEP 91890068
Classification (CPC)B41K1/40

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedApril 4, 1991PublishedDec 4, 1991Patent grantedMarch 9, 1994Term endedApril 4, 2011

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