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EP 0705153 B1 · Applicant: BS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

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  • Filed June 17, 1994 and granted May 21, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 17, 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 December 17, 2019.
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FiledJune 17, 1994
PublishedApril 10, 1996
GrantedMay 21, 1997
Term endedJune 17, 2014
Application numberEP 94917782
Classification (CPC)B23K3/022

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJune 17, 1994PublishedApril 10, 1996Patent grantedMay 21, 1997Term endedJune 17, 2014

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