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Method of producing core structure of retro virus and particle produced thereby

EP 0474868 B1 · Applicant: NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD.

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  • Filed May 29, 1990 and granted November 13, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 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 November 29, 2015.
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FiledMay 29, 1990
PublishedMarch 18, 1992
GrantedNovember 13, 1996
Term endedMay 29, 2010
Application numberEP 90907471
Classification (CPC)C12N7/00 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 29, 1990PublishedMarch 18, 1992Patent grantedNov 13, 1996Term endedMay 29, 2010

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