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Method of operating and automated, continuous and random access analytical system capable of simultaneously effecting multiple assays in plurality of liquid samples

EP 1028320 B1 · Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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  • Filed September 22, 1994 and granted March 1, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 2014.
  • 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 March 22, 2020.
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FiledSeptember 22, 1994
PublishedAugust 16, 2000
GrantedMarch 1, 2006
Term endedSeptember 22, 2014
Application numberEP 00108051
Classification (CPC)G01N21/76 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedSep 22, 1994PublishedAug 16, 2000Patent grantedMarch 1, 2006Term endedSep 22, 2014

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