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EP 0664223 B1 · Applicant: OJI YUKA GOSEISHI CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 26, 1994 and granted April 16, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 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 April 26, 2020.
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FiledOctober 26, 1994
PublishedJuly 26, 1995
GrantedApril 16, 1997
Term endedOctober 26, 2014
Application numberEP 94116936
Classification (CPC)B41M5/41

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 26, 1994PublishedJuly 26, 1995Patent grantedApril 16, 1997Term endedOct 26, 2014

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