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EP 0774597 B1 · Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed April 30, 1996 and granted July 3, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 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 October 30, 2021.
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FiledApril 30, 1996
PublishedMay 21, 1997
GrantedJuly 3, 2002
Term endedApril 30, 2016
Application numberEP 96912283
Classification (CPC)F16G5/20 +1 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedApril 30, 1996PublishedMay 21, 1997Patent grantedJuly 3, 2002Term endedApril 30, 2016

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