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EP 0665967 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed October 13, 1993 and granted June 11, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 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 April 13, 2019.
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FiledOctober 13, 1993
PublishedAugust 9, 1995
GrantedJune 11, 1997
Term endedOctober 13, 2013
Application numberEP 93922494
Classification (CPC)G05B19/056

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedOct 13, 1993PublishedAug 9, 1995Patent grantedJune 11, 1997Term endedOct 13, 2013

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