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Branched polysaccharide, microorganism producing it and compositions containing them

EP 0699689 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.

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  • Filed August 19, 1994 and granted December 1, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 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 February 19, 2020.
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FiledAugust 19, 1994
PublishedMarch 6, 1996
GrantedDecember 1, 1999
Term endedAugust 19, 2014
Application numberEP 94870139
Classification (CPC)A61Q11/00 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedAug 19, 1994PublishedMarch 6, 1996Patent grantedDec 1, 1999Term endedAug 19, 2014

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