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EP 0717876 B1 · Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

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  • Filed August 26, 1994 and granted March 25, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 26, 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 26, 2020.
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FiledAugust 26, 1994
PublishedJune 26, 1996
GrantedMarch 25, 1998
Term endedAugust 26, 2014
Application numberEP 94924694
Classification (CPC)H01C1/14 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedAug 26, 1994PublishedJune 26, 1996Patent grantedMarch 25, 1998Term endedAug 26, 2014

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