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Process for the enhancement of the performance of L-lysine secreting coryneform bacteria

EP 0551614 B1 · Applicant: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed December 10, 1992 and granted April 10, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 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 10, 2018.
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FiledDecember 10, 1992
PublishedJuly 21, 1993
GrantedApril 10, 1996
Term endedDecember 10, 2012
Application numberEP 92121027
Classification (CPC)C12N1/205 +1 more

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