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Quantitative analysis method and its system using a disposable sensor

EP 0471986 B1 · Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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  • Filed July 19, 1991 and granted October 18, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 19, 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 19, 2017.
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FiledJuly 19, 1991
PublishedFebruary 26, 1992
GrantedOctober 18, 1995
Term endedJuly 19, 2011
Application numberEP 91112100
Classification (CPC)G01N33/48771

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