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EP 0513596 B1 · Applicant: Dipl.-Ing. Herbert Günther Gesellschaft mbH

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  • Filed April 30, 1992 and granted June 28, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2012.
  • 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 October 30, 2017.
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FiledApril 30, 1992
PublishedNovember 19, 1992
GrantedJune 28, 1995
Term endedApril 30, 2012
Application numberEP 92107372
Classification (CPC)B29C45/2725 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedApril 30, 1992PublishedNov 19, 1992Patent grantedJune 28, 1995Term endedApril 30, 2012

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