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EP 0659256 B1 · Applicant: FRIEDRICH, Jaromir

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  • Filed August 20, 1993 and granted December 27, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 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 February 20, 2019.
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FiledAugust 20, 1993
PublishedJune 28, 1995
GrantedDecember 27, 1996
Term endedAugust 20, 2013
Application numberEP 93917493
Classification (CPC)F16L55/1283

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedAug 20, 1993PublishedJune 28, 1995Patent grantedDec 27, 1996Term endedAug 20, 2013

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