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An apparatus for automatic application of cover slips on microscope slides

EP 0673514 B1 · Applicant: LJUNGMANN, Oystein

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  • Filed December 10, 1993 and granted March 24, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 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 June 10, 2019.
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FiledDecember 10, 1993
PublishedSeptember 27, 1995
GrantedMarch 24, 1999
Term endedDecember 10, 2013
Application numberEP 94903154
Classification (CPC)G01N1/312

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedDec 10, 1993PublishedSep 27, 1995Patent grantedMarch 24, 1999Term endedDec 10, 2013

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