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Method for evaluating the adequacy of clinical specimens for hybridization assays and kit for performing the evaluation

EP 0507904 B1 · Applicant: ORION-YHTYMÄ OY

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  • Filed October 25, 1991 and granted January 20, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 25, 2017.
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FiledOctober 25, 1991
PublishedOctober 14, 1992
GrantedJanuary 20, 1999
Term endedOctober 25, 2011
Application numberEP 91917738
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/68

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedOct 25, 1991PublishedOct 14, 1992Patent grantedJan 20, 1999Term endedOct 25, 2011

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