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Oligonucleotides and methods for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

EP 0716714 B1 · Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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  • Filed August 18, 1994 and granted January 9, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 18, 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 18, 2020.
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FiledAugust 18, 1994
PublishedJune 19, 1996
GrantedJanuary 9, 2002
Term endedAugust 18, 2014
Application numberEP 95904799
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/689 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedAug 18, 1994PublishedJune 19, 1996Patent grantedJan 9, 2002Term endedAug 18, 2014

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