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Patents
Publication Number

GBnnnnnnn or EPnnnnnnn (include leading zeros)

or
Application Number

GBnnnnnnn.c (1977 Act), GBnnnnnnn (1949 Act), EPnnnnnnnn or EPnnnnnnnn.c Application numbers

Type of results

European Patents (UK)

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