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Method of detecting angle of optical rotation in solution having time-dependent concentration, detection apparatus therefor, and detector cell therefor

EP 0468487 B1 · Applicant: SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed July 24, 1991 and granted December 21, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 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 January 24, 2017.
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FiledJuly 24, 1991
PublishedJanuary 29, 1992
GrantedDecember 21, 1994
Term endedJuly 24, 2011
Application numberEP 91112449
Classification (CPC)G01J4/04 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 24, 1991PublishedJan 29, 1992Patent grantedDec 21, 1994Term endedJuly 24, 2011

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