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EP 0712306 B1 · Applicant: De Rooy, Cornelis Johannes Maria

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  • Filed August 2, 1994 and granted April 21, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 2, 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 2, 2020.
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FiledAugust 2, 1994
PublishedMay 22, 1996
GrantedApril 21, 1999
Term endedAugust 2, 2014
Application numberEP 94926405
Classification (CPC)A61G7/05753

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedAug 2, 1994PublishedMay 22, 1996Patent grantedApril 21, 1999Term endedAug 2, 2014

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