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EP 1179809 B1 · Applicant: Hoefer, Christian

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  • Filed March 29, 2001 and granted January 4, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 2021.
  • 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 September 29, 2026.
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FiledMarch 29, 2001
PublishedFebruary 13, 2002
GrantedJanuary 4, 2006
Term endedMarch 29, 2021
Application numberEP 01108026
Classification (CPC)B41K1/08 +2 more

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2002200420062008201020122014201620182020Application filedMarch 29, 2001PublishedFeb 13, 2002Patent grantedJan 4, 2006Term endedMarch 29, 2021

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