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Method for determining the state of substances containing keratin and suitable devices and means therefor

EP 1019719 B1 · Applicant: Wella Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed August 3, 1999 and granted March 23, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 3, 2019.
  • 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 3, 2025.
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FiledAugust 3, 1999
PublishedJuly 19, 2000
GrantedMarch 23, 2005
Term endedAugust 3, 2019
Application numberEP 99939437
Classification (CPC)G01N33/68 +1 more

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