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EP 0625237 B1 · Applicant: MEPLA-WERKE LAUTENSCHLÄGER GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed September 30, 1993 and granted July 3, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 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 March 30, 2019.
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FiledSeptember 30, 1993
PublishedNovember 23, 1994
GrantedJuly 3, 1996
Term endedSeptember 30, 2013
Application numberEP 93921896
Classification (CPC)E05D11/06 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedSep 30, 1993PublishedNov 23, 1994Patent grantedJuly 3, 1996Term endedSep 30, 2013

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