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Nicotine transfer process

EP 0011368 B1 · Applicant: LOEW'S THEATRES, INCORPORATED

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  • Filed October 9, 1979 and granted August 4, 1982. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 9, 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 9, 2005.
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FiledOctober 9, 1979
PublishedMay 28, 1980
GrantedAugust 4, 1982
Term endedOctober 9, 1999
Application numberEP 79302149
Classification (CPC)A24B15/24

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedOct 9, 1979PublishedMay 28, 1980Patent grantedAug 4, 1982Term endedOct 9, 1999

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