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Improved closure strip

EP 0053390 B1 · Applicant: KWIK LOK CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 1, 1981 and granted August 1, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 1, 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 June 1, 2007.
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FiledDecember 1, 1981
PublishedJune 9, 1982
GrantedAugust 1, 1984
Term endedDecember 1, 2001
Application numberEP 81110052
Classification (CPC)B65D33/1625

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 1, 1981PublishedJune 9, 1982Patent grantedAug 1, 1984Term endedDec 1, 2001

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