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Immunoassay method and apparatus therefor

EP 0684472 B1 · Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LIMITED

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  • Filed October 26, 1994 and granted January 8, 2003. 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
PublishedNovember 29, 1995
GrantedJanuary 8, 2003
Term endedOctober 26, 2014
Application numberEP 94931182
Classification (CPC)G01N33/543 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 26, 1994PublishedNov 29, 1995Patent grantedJan 8, 2003Term endedOct 26, 2014

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