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Method for the determination of antigens or antibodies in the presence of an immune complex

EP 0554657 B1 · Applicant: BEHRINGWERKE Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed January 5, 1993 and granted December 16, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 5, 2013.
  • 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 July 5, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 5, 1993
PublishedAugust 11, 1993
GrantedDecember 16, 1998
Term endedJanuary 5, 2013
Application numberEP 93100040
Classification (CPC)G01N33/536 +1 more

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