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Measuring device for determination of the concentration of anorganic and organic compounds in a sample

EP 0546472 B1 · Applicant: HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed December 4, 1992 and granted March 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 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 June 4, 2018.
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FiledDecember 4, 1992
PublishedJune 16, 1993
GrantedMarch 26, 1997
Term endedDecember 4, 2012
Application numberEP 92120721
Classification (CPC)G01N21/6428

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