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EP 0712968 A2 · Applicant: PICATECH AG

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  • Filed October 4, 1994 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 4, 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 4, 2020.
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FiledOctober 4, 1994
PublishedMay 22, 1996
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 4, 2014
Application numberEP 94850171
Classification (CPC)E02B8/026

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 4, 1994PublishedMay 22, 1996Term endedOct 4, 2014

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