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Detection of contaminants in food

EP 1591785 A2 · Applicant: Sira Technologies, Inc

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  • Filed September 24, 1997 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 24, 2017.
  • 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 March 24, 2023.
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FiledSeptember 24, 1997
PublishedNovember 2, 2005
GrantedNever granted
Term endedSeptember 24, 2017
Application numberEP 05012259
Classification (CPC)G01N33/02 +2 more

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