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Method for determining the affinity of fibrinogen and derivatives thereof for filamentary forms of yeast, and use thereof for determining pathogenic yeast, particularly in blood culture

EP 0686264 B1 · Applicant: DIFFUSION BACTERIOLOGIE DU VAR

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  • Filed February 24, 1993 and granted May 28, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 24, 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 August 24, 2018.
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FiledFebruary 24, 1993
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedMay 28, 1997
Term endedFebruary 24, 2013
Application numberEP 93905419
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/56 +2 more

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