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Chemical analysis system

EP 0555654 B1 · Applicant: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed January 15, 1993 and granted May 2, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 15, 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 15, 2018.
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FiledJanuary 15, 1993
PublishedAugust 18, 1993
GrantedMay 2, 2002
Term endedJanuary 15, 2013
Application numberEP 93100588
Classification (CPC)G01N35/00029

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedJan 15, 1993PublishedAug 18, 1993Patent grantedMay 2, 2002Term endedJan 15, 2013

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