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EP 0498104 B1 · Applicant: MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 25, 1991 and granted October 23, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 25, 2011.
  • 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, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 25, 1991
PublishedAugust 12, 1992
GrantedOctober 23, 1996
Term endedSeptember 25, 2011
Application numberEP 91308737
Classification (CPC)C09B69/00 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 25, 1991PublishedAug 12, 1992Patent grantedOct 23, 1996Term endedSep 25, 2011

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