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Process and apparatus for attaching elastic strips in an elastic leg disposable diaper, and diapers produced by said process and apparatus

EP 0027303 B1 · Applicant: Riegel Textile Corporation

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  • Filed June 12, 1980 and granted July 27, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 12, 2000.
  • 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 December 12, 2005.
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FiledJune 12, 1980
PublishedApril 22, 1981
GrantedJuly 27, 1983
Term endedJune 12, 2000
Application numberEP 80301988
Classification (CPC)A61F13/15593

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJune 12, 1980PublishedApril 22, 1981Patent grantedJuly 27, 1983Term endedJune 12, 2000

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