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EP 0674407 B1 · Applicant: GPT LIMITED

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  • Filed March 21, 1995 and granted October 10, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2015.
  • 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 September 21, 2020.
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FiledMarch 21, 1995
PublishedSeptember 27, 1995
GrantedOctober 10, 2001
Term endedMarch 21, 2015
Application numberEP 95301872
Classification (CPC)H04J3/076

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 21, 1995PublishedSep 27, 1995Patent grantedOct 10, 2001Term endedMarch 21, 2015

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