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Germicidal air filter

EP 0662846 B1 · Applicant: ENGINEERING DYNAMICS LTD.

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  • Filed September 23, 1993 and granted January 15, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 23, 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 23, 2019.
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FiledSeptember 23, 1993
PublishedJuly 19, 1995
GrantedJanuary 15, 1997
Term endedSeptember 23, 2013
Application numberEP 93920623
Classification (CPC)A61L9/16 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedSep 23, 1993PublishedJuly 19, 1995Patent grantedJan 15, 1997Term endedSep 23, 2013

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