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EP 0710080 B1 · Applicant: ACER PRODUCTS LIMITED

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  • Filed July 21, 1994 and granted November 10, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 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 21, 2020.
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FiledJuly 21, 1994
PublishedMay 8, 1996
GrantedNovember 10, 1999
Term endedJuly 21, 2014
Application numberEP 94921067
Classification (CPC)A47K3/006

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJuly 21, 1994PublishedMay 8, 1996Patent grantedNov 10, 1999Term endedJuly 21, 2014

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