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Immunoassay method and kit

EP 1036331 B1 · Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO

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  • Filed November 25, 1998 and granted January 12, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 25, 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 May 25, 2024.
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FiledNovember 25, 1998
PublishedSeptember 20, 2000
GrantedJanuary 12, 2005
Term endedNovember 25, 2018
Application numberEP 98957231
Classification (CPC)G01N33/557 +2 more

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