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EF-Tu mRNA AS A MARKER FOR VIABILITY OF BACTERIA

EP 1049809 B1 · Applicant: Akzo Nobel N.V.

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  • Filed January 19, 1999 and granted October 25, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 19, 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 July 19, 2024.
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FiledJanuary 19, 1999
PublishedNovember 8, 2000
GrantedOctober 25, 2006
Term endedJanuary 19, 2019
Application numberEP 99907386
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/689

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedJan 19, 1999PublishedNov 8, 2000Patent grantedOct 25, 2006Term endedJan 19, 2019

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