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An electroluminescent or photocell device having protective packaging

EP 1186066 B1 · Applicant: THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

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  • Filed April 18, 2000 and granted December 1, 2010. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 18, 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 18, 2025.
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FiledApril 18, 2000
PublishedMarch 13, 2002
GrantedDecember 1, 2010
Term endedApril 18, 2020
Application numberEP 00941111
Classification (CPC)H10K50/841 +2 more

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