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EP 0953142 B1 · Applicant: K-TRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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  • Filed January 13, 1998 and granted April 24, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 13, 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 July 13, 2023.
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FiledJanuary 13, 1998
PublishedNovember 3, 1999
GrantedApril 24, 2002
Term endedJanuary 13, 2018
Application numberEP 98900069
Classification (CPC)G01G11/006 +1 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedJan 13, 1998PublishedNov 3, 1999Patent grantedApril 24, 2002Term endedJan 13, 2018

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