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Analytical quantification and process control

EP 1161659 B1 · Applicant: Wilt, Robert

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  • Filed October 5, 1999 and granted September 15, 2010. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 5, 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 April 5, 2025.
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FiledOctober 5, 1999
PublishedDecember 12, 2001
GrantedSeptember 15, 2010
Term endedOctober 5, 2019
Application numberEP 99954736
Classification (CPC)G01J3/02 +2 more

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