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Anticounterfeiting method

EP 0834159 A1 · Applicant: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE

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  • Filed June 19, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 19, 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 19, 2021.
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FiledJune 19, 1996
PublishedApril 8, 1998
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJune 19, 2016
Application numberEP 96918764
Classification (CPC)G07D7/00

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJune 19, 1996PublishedApril 8, 1998Term endedJune 19, 2016

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