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EP 0751306 B1 · Applicant: Arturo Salice S.p.A.

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  • Filed May 10, 1996 and granted November 27, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 10, 2016.
  • 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 November 10, 2021.
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FiledMay 10, 1996
PublishedJanuary 2, 1997
GrantedNovember 27, 2002
Term endedMay 10, 2016
Application numberEP 96107429
Classification (CPC)F16B12/2009 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMay 10, 1996PublishedJan 2, 1997Patent grantedNov 27, 2002Term endedMay 10, 2016

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