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Genes encoding enzymes for lignin biosynthesis and uses thereof

EP 1007690 A2 · Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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  • Filed August 24, 1998 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 24, 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 February 24, 2024.
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FiledAugust 24, 1998
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 24, 2018
Application numberEP 98943355
Classification (CPC)C12N15/52 +2 more

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