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EP 0479826 B1 · Applicant: UNILEVER PLC

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  • Filed June 22, 1990 and granted January 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 22, 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 December 22, 2015.
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FiledJune 22, 1990
PublishedApril 15, 1992
GrantedJanuary 17, 1996
Term endedJune 22, 2010
Application numberEP 90909473
Classification (CPC)C11D3/43 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 22, 1990PublishedApril 15, 1992Patent grantedJan 17, 1996Term endedJune 22, 2010

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