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Methods for generating hypermutable bacteria

EP 1268765 B1 · Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University

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  • Filed February 12, 2001 and granted August 13, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 12, 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 August 12, 2026.
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FiledFebruary 12, 2001
PublishedJanuary 2, 2003
GrantedAugust 13, 2008
Term endedFebruary 12, 2021
Application numberEP 01907187
Classification (CPC)C12N15/01 +2 more

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