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EP 0886211 B1 · Applicant: International Computers Ltd.

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  • Filed May 12, 1998 and granted August 22, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 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 12, 2023.
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FiledMay 12, 1998
PublishedDecember 23, 1998
GrantedAugust 22, 2001
Term endedMay 12, 2018
Application numberEP 98108572
Classification (CPC)G06F9/4401

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