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Caps for jars, processes for manufacture of the caps, and dies for carrying out the processes

EP 0008502 B1 · Applicant: LIN PAC CLOSURES & CANS LIMITED

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  • Filed July 27, 1979 and granted May 4, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 1999.
  • 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 January 27, 2005.
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FiledJuly 27, 1979
PublishedMarch 5, 1980
GrantedMay 4, 1983
Term endedJuly 27, 1999
Application numberEP 79301494
Classification (CPC)B65D41/04

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedJuly 27, 1979PublishedMarch 5, 1980Patent grantedMay 4, 1983Term endedJuly 27, 1999

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