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Method of detecting a specific polynucleotide

EP 0663447 B1 · Applicant: TANABE SEIYAKU CO., LTD.

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  • Filed December 21, 1994 and granted July 9, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2020.
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FiledDecember 21, 1994
PublishedJuly 19, 1995
GrantedJuly 9, 2003
Term endedDecember 21, 2014
Application numberEP 94309620
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/686

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 21, 1994PublishedJuly 19, 1995Patent grantedJuly 9, 2003Term endedDec 21, 2014

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