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Method of culturing bupleurum protoplast

EP 0474901 B1 · Applicant: SHISEIDO COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed September 11, 1990 and granted January 18, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 11, 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 March 11, 2016.
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FiledSeptember 11, 1990
PublishedMarch 18, 1992
GrantedJanuary 18, 1995
Term endedSeptember 11, 2010
Application numberEP 90117507
Classification (CPC)C12N5/04 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedSep 11, 1990PublishedMarch 18, 1992Patent grantedJan 18, 1995Term endedSep 11, 2010

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