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EP 0630606 B1 · Applicant: VILEDA GmbH

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  • Filed November 15, 1993 and granted September 25, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 15, 2019.
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FiledNovember 15, 1993
PublishedDecember 28, 1994
GrantedSeptember 25, 1996
Term endedNovember 15, 2013
Application numberEP 93118444
Classification (CPC)A47L13/20

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedNov 15, 1993PublishedDec 28, 1994Patent grantedSep 25, 1996Term endedNov 15, 2013

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