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EP 0552159 A1 · Applicant: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

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  • Filed July 18, 1991 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 18, 2011.
  • 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 January 18, 2017.
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FiledJuly 18, 1991
PublishedJuly 28, 1993
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJuly 18, 2011
Application numberEP 91913565
Classification (CPC)H10D64/62 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJuly 18, 1991PublishedJuly 28, 1993Term endedJuly 18, 2011

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