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Ion chromatography apparatus and method for removing gas prior to sample detection

EP 1092977 B1 · Applicant: Alltech Associates, Inc.

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  • Filed October 13, 2000 and granted December 28, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 13, 2020.
  • 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 April 13, 2026.
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FiledOctober 13, 2000
PublishedApril 18, 2001
GrantedDecember 28, 2005
Term endedOctober 13, 2020
Application numberEP 00122480
Classification (CPC)G01N30/96

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