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Methods for the discrimination between syncytium inducing and non syncytium inducing variants of the human immunodeficiency virus and primers to be used in the methods
EP 0756639 B1 · Applicant: Stichting Centraal Laboratorium van de Bloedtransfusiedienst van het Nederlandse Rode Kruis
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- Filed April 19, 1995 and granted December 30, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 2015.
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FiledApril 19, 1995
PublishedFebruary 5, 1997
GrantedDecember 30, 1998
Term endedApril 19, 2015
Application numberEP 95914583
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/702
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