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EP 0718196 B1 · Applicant: ISHIDA CO., Ltd.

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  • Filed December 20, 1995 and granted July 21, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 2015.
  • 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 June 20, 2021.
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FiledDecember 20, 1995
PublishedJune 26, 1996
GrantedJuly 21, 1999
Term endedDecember 20, 2015
Application numberEP 95309310
Classification (CPC)B29C66/8491 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedDec 20, 1995PublishedJune 26, 1996Patent grantedJuly 21, 1999Term endedDec 20, 2015

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