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EP 0657095 B1 · Applicant: CLAAS Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien

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  • Filed November 19, 1994 and granted August 26, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 2014.
  • 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 19, 2020.
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FiledNovember 19, 1994
PublishedJune 14, 1995
GrantedAugust 26, 1998
Term endedNovember 19, 2014
Application numberEP 94118261
Classification (CPC)A01F12/40

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedNov 19, 1994PublishedJune 14, 1995Patent grantedAug 26, 1998Term endedNov 19, 2014

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