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EP 0539714 B1 · Applicant: SHIPLEY COMPANY INC.

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  • Filed September 18, 1992 and granted December 23, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 18, 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 March 18, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 18, 1992
PublishedMay 5, 1993
GrantedDecember 23, 1998
Term endedSeptember 18, 2012
Application numberEP 92116000
Classification (CPC)G03F7/038 +2 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedSep 18, 1992PublishedMay 5, 1993Patent grantedDec 23, 1998Term endedSep 18, 2012

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