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EP 1173990 B1 · Applicant: ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED

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  • Filed February 16, 2000 and granted October 22, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 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 16, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 16, 2000
PublishedJanuary 23, 2002
GrantedOctober 22, 2003
Term endedFebruary 16, 2020
Application numberEP 00903840
Classification (CPC)H04N21/8166 +2 more

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