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EP 0699262 B1 · Applicant: WHITCO PTY. LTD.

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  • Filed December 11, 1991 and granted June 17, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 2011.
  • 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 11, 2017.
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FiledDecember 11, 1991
PublishedMarch 6, 1996
GrantedJune 17, 1998
Term endedDecember 11, 2011
Application numberEP 92900566
Classification (CPC)E05B3/06

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedDec 11, 1991PublishedMarch 6, 1996Patent grantedJune 17, 1998Term endedDec 11, 2011

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