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EP 1163085 B1 · Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company

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  • Filed February 22, 2000 and granted December 18, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 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 22, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 22, 2000
PublishedDecember 19, 2001
GrantedDecember 18, 2002
Term endedFebruary 22, 2020
Application numberEP 00914678
Classification (CPC)B24D18/00 +2 more

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