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EP 0494223 B1 · Applicant: LISS, Olle

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  • Filed September 25, 1990 and granted April 9, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 25, 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 25, 2016.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1990
PublishedJuly 15, 1992
GrantedApril 9, 1997
Term endedSeptember 25, 2010
Application numberEP 90914799
Classification (CPC)G01F19/007

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedSep 25, 1990PublishedJuly 15, 1992Patent grantedApril 9, 1997Term endedSep 25, 2010

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