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EP 0709308 B1 · Applicant: O.M.B. BRESCIA S.r.l.

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  • Filed October 28, 1994 and granted March 19, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 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 April 28, 2020.
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FiledOctober 28, 1994
PublishedMay 1, 1996
GrantedMarch 19, 1997
Term endedOctober 28, 2014
Application numberEP 94830514
Classification (CPC)B65F1/122

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 28, 1994PublishedMay 1, 1996Patent grantedMarch 19, 1997Term endedOct 28, 2014

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