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Method for protein binding enzyme complementation assays

EP 0472593 B1 · Applicant: MICROGENICS CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 4, 1990 and granted August 14, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 4, 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 November 4, 2015.
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FiledMay 4, 1990
PublishedMarch 4, 1992
GrantedAugust 14, 1996
Term endedMay 4, 2010
Application numberEP 90907698
Classification (CPC)G01N33/542 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 4, 1990PublishedMarch 4, 1992Patent grantedAug 14, 1996Term endedMay 4, 2010

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