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High efficiency packed column supercritical fluid chromatography

EP 0551594 B1 · Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company

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  • Filed November 25, 1992 and granted February 21, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 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 May 25, 2018.
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FiledNovember 25, 1992
PublishedJuly 21, 1993
GrantedFebruary 21, 1996
Term endedNovember 25, 2012
Application numberEP 92120106
Classification (CPC)G01N30/28 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedNov 25, 1992PublishedJuly 21, 1993Patent grantedFeb 21, 1996Term endedNov 25, 2012

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