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EP 0963333 B1 · Applicant: ADS

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  • Filed December 14, 1998 and granted March 21, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 14, 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 June 14, 2024.
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FiledDecember 14, 1998
PublishedDecember 15, 1999
GrantedMarch 21, 2001
Term endedDecember 14, 2018
Application numberEP 98959974
Classification (CPC)B65G47/846

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedDec 14, 1998PublishedDec 15, 1999Patent grantedMarch 21, 2001Term endedDec 14, 2018

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