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Method of preparing a meat snack analog

EP 0043876 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL FOODS, LIMITED

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  • Filed July 10, 1980 and granted October 3, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 10, 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 January 10, 2006.
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FiledJuly 10, 1980
PublishedJanuary 20, 1982
GrantedOctober 3, 1984
Term endedJuly 10, 2000
Application numberEP 80302346
Classification (CPC)A23J3/227

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedJuly 10, 1980PublishedJan 20, 1982Patent grantedOct 3, 1984Term endedJuly 10, 2000

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