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Bacillus thuringiensis transposon tn5401 and its use in a site-specific recombination system for bacillus thuringiensis strain development

EP 0707654 B1 · Applicant: ECOGEN, INC.

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  • Filed July 8, 1994 and granted September 15, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 8, 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 January 8, 2020.
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FiledJuly 8, 1994
PublishedApril 24, 1996
GrantedSeptember 15, 1999
Term endedJuly 8, 2014
Application numberEP 94922547
Classification (CPC)C12N9/93 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJuly 8, 1994PublishedApril 24, 1996Patent grantedSep 15, 1999Term endedJuly 8, 2014

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