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Process of counting weakly luminescent particles

EP 0753732 B1 · Applicant: BIOCOM S.A.

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  • Filed June 7, 1996 and granted May 21, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 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 December 7, 2021.
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FiledJune 7, 1996
PublishedJanuary 15, 1997
GrantedMay 21, 2003
Term endedJune 7, 2016
Application numberEP 96401234
Classification (CPC)C12M41/36 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 7, 1996PublishedJan 15, 1997Patent grantedMay 21, 2003Term endedJune 7, 2016

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