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Method to distinguish prostate cancer from benign prostatic hyperplasia

EP 1175619 B1 · Applicant: HYBRITECH INCORPORATED

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  • Filed April 12, 2000 and granted November 2, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 12, 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 October 12, 2025.
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FiledApril 12, 2000
PublishedJanuary 30, 2002
GrantedNovember 2, 2005
Term endedApril 12, 2020
Application numberEP 00922118
Classification (CPC)G01N33/57555

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