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Hiv diagnostic method and reagent

EP 0504371 B1 · Applicant: PRO-SOMA SARL

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  • Filed October 10, 1991 and granted December 18, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 10, 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 April 10, 2017.
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FiledOctober 10, 1991
PublishedSeptember 23, 1992
GrantedDecember 18, 1996
Term endedOctober 10, 2011
Application numberEP 91918361
Classification (CPC)G01N33/6893 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 10, 1991PublishedSep 23, 1992Patent grantedDec 18, 1996Term endedOct 10, 2011

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