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Method for detection of target nucleic acids using pcr

EP 1055002 B1 · Applicant: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE

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  • Filed February 18, 1999 and granted June 11, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 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 August 18, 2024.
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FiledFebruary 18, 1999
PublishedNovember 29, 2000
GrantedJune 11, 2008
Term endedFebruary 18, 2019
Application numberEP 99905085
Classification (CPC)C12Q1/6818

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