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EP 0883249 B1 · Applicant: Leine & Linde AB

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  • Filed June 2, 1998 and granted September 22, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 2, 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 December 2, 2023.
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FiledJune 2, 1998
PublishedDecember 9, 1998
GrantedSeptember 22, 2004
Term endedJune 2, 2018
Application numberEP 98850095
Classification (CPC)H03M1/1076

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