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Analysing device with an electrothermal atomiser, and mass spectrometer for atomic and molecular analysis

EP 0465720 B1 · Applicant: SPECTRO ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS Gesellschaft für analytische Messgeräte mbH

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  • Filed November 29, 1990 and granted April 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 29, 2016.
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FiledNovember 29, 1990
PublishedJanuary 15, 1992
GrantedApril 17, 1996
Term endedNovember 29, 2010
Application numberEP 90122801
Classification (CPC)H01J49/049

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 29, 1990PublishedJan 15, 1992Patent grantedApril 17, 1996Term endedNov 29, 2010

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