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EP 0580705 B1 · Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

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  • Filed April 24, 1992 and granted December 20, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 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 October 24, 2017.
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FiledApril 24, 1992
PublishedFebruary 2, 1994
GrantedDecember 20, 1995
Term endedApril 24, 2012
Application numberEP 92909202
Classification (CPC)B05B7/20 +1 more

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedApril 24, 1992PublishedFeb 2, 1994Patent grantedDec 20, 1995Term endedApril 24, 2012

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