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A method of producing a frustoconical container for food products

EP 0010302 B1 · Applicant: MARYLAND CUP CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 18, 1979 and granted June 15, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 18, 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 April 18, 2005.
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FiledOctober 18, 1979
PublishedApril 30, 1980
GrantedJune 15, 1983
Term endedOctober 18, 1999
Application numberEP 79104032
Classification (CPC)B65D3/02

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedOct 18, 1979PublishedApril 30, 1980Patent grantedJune 15, 1983Term endedOct 18, 1999

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