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Flow immunosensor method and apparatus

EP 0517757 B1 · Applicant: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

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  • Filed February 21, 1991 and granted May 26, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 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 August 21, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 21, 1991
PublishedDecember 16, 1992
GrantedMay 26, 1999
Term endedFebruary 21, 2011
Application numberEP 91904965
Classification (CPC)G01N33/53 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 21, 1991PublishedDec 16, 1992Patent grantedMay 26, 1999Term endedFeb 21, 2011

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