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New and improved, ultra low carryover sample liquid analysis apparatus and method

EP 0485379 B1 · Applicant: BAYER CORPORATION

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  • Filed November 17, 1989 and granted August 21, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 2009.
  • 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 May 17, 2015.
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FiledNovember 17, 1989
PublishedMay 20, 1992
GrantedAugust 21, 1996
Term endedNovember 17, 2009
Application numberEP 90902302
Classification (CPC)G01N35/1004

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedNov 17, 1989PublishedMay 20, 1992Patent grantedAug 21, 1996Term endedNov 17, 2009

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