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Packaging containers

CA 2012636 C · Owner: Premier Internaional Foods U.K. Limited · Inventors: Aston, Stephen Charles

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention provides a packaging container which is formed from a blank of cut and creased sheet material. The container is rectilinear in nature and is sealed. It has a flip top lid which is opened by engaging a tear tab with the finger and by removing a tear strip to release the flip top lid to gain access to the contents.

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  • Filed March 20, 1990 and granted January 4, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 2010.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 20, 2012.
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FiledMarch 20, 1990
GrantedJanuary 4, 2000
Term endedMarch 20, 2010
Patent numberCA 2012636 C
Classification (IPC)B65D5/02 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 20, 1990Patent grantedJan 4, 2000Term endedMarch 20, 2010

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