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Standardization of chromatographic systems

EP 0878712 B1 · Applicant: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation

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  • Filed May 18, 1998 and granted January 1, 2014. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 18, 2018.
  • 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 November 18, 2023.
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FiledMay 18, 1998
PublishedNovember 18, 1998
GrantedJanuary 1, 2014
Term endedMay 18, 2018
Application numberEP 98109041
Classification (CPC)G01N30/88 +1 more

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