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EP 0540980 A2 · Applicant: HORST SIEDLE KG

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  • Filed October 27, 1992 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 27, 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 April 27, 2018.
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FiledOctober 27, 1992
PublishedMay 12, 1993
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 27, 2012
Application numberEP 92118309
Classification (CPC)H01C10/34

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedOct 27, 1992PublishedMay 12, 1993Term endedOct 27, 2012

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