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EP 0960169 B1 · Applicant: Aventis Research & Technologies GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed February 11, 1998 and granted May 8, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 11, 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 August 11, 2023.
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FiledFebruary 11, 1998
PublishedDecember 1, 1999
GrantedMay 8, 2002
Term endedFebruary 11, 2018
Application numberEP 98909436
Classification (CPC)C09D5/031

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedFeb 11, 1998PublishedDec 1, 1999Patent grantedMay 8, 2002Term endedFeb 11, 2018

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