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Improved zea mays (L.) genotypes with capability of long term, highly efficient plant regeneration

EP 0873682 B1 · Applicant: Aventis CropScience GmbH

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  • Filed June 18, 1991 and granted September 4, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 18, 2011.
  • 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 18, 2016.
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FiledJune 18, 1991
PublishedOctober 28, 1998
GrantedSeptember 4, 2002
Term endedJune 18, 2011
Application numberEP 98107918
Classification (CPC)A01H4/00 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJune 18, 1991PublishedOct 28, 1998Patent grantedSep 4, 2002Term endedJune 18, 2011

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