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EP 0037683 B1 · Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION

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  • Filed March 26, 1981 and granted November 14, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 2001.
  • 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 September 26, 2006.
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FiledMarch 26, 1981
PublishedOctober 14, 1981
GrantedNovember 14, 1984
Term endedMarch 26, 2001
Application numberEP 81301303
Classification (CPC)B65D71/46

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedMarch 26, 1981PublishedOct 14, 1981Patent grantedNov 14, 1984Term endedMarch 26, 2001

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