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EP 1153187 B1 · Applicant: Balint, Elemér

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  • Filed February 14, 2000 and granted January 15, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 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 August 14, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 14, 2000
PublishedNovember 14, 2001
GrantedJanuary 15, 2003
Term endedFebruary 14, 2020
Application numberEP 00907565
Classification (CPC)E05D11/1007

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