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Magnetic separation apparatus

EP 0869838 B1 · Applicant: Miltenyi Biotec Inc.

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  • Filed January 29, 1996 and granted June 4, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 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 July 29, 2021.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1996
PublishedOctober 14, 1998
GrantedJune 4, 2003
Term endedJanuary 29, 2016
Application numberEP 96903650
Classification (CPC)B03C1/002 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJan 29, 1996PublishedOct 14, 1998Patent grantedJune 4, 2003Term endedJan 29, 2016

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