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EP 1149027 B1 · Applicant: SCHOLLE CORPORATION

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  • Filed September 9, 1999 and granted August 16, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 9, 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 March 9, 2025.
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FiledSeptember 9, 1999
PublishedOctober 31, 2001
GrantedAugust 16, 2006
Term endedSeptember 9, 2019
Application numberEP 99945618
Classification (CPC)B67D3/043

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2000200220042006200820102012201420162018Application filedSep 9, 1999PublishedOct 31, 2001Patent grantedAug 16, 2006Term endedSep 9, 2019

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