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EP 1019983 A2 · Applicant: Montena, Noah P.

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  • Filed July 31, 1998 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 31, 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 January 31, 2024.
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FiledJuly 31, 1998
PublishedJuly 19, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJuly 31, 2018
Application numberEP 98937194
Classification (CPC)H01R9/0521

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