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Method for producing a fine weakened tear line on paper and apparatus for its production

EP 0054907 B1 · Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

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  • Filed December 16, 1981 and granted May 6, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 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 16, 2007.
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FiledDecember 16, 1981
PublishedJune 30, 1982
GrantedMay 6, 1987
Term endedDecember 16, 2001
Application numberEP 81110508
Classification (CPC)D21H25/02 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedDec 16, 1981PublishedJune 30, 1982Patent grantedMay 6, 1987Term endedDec 16, 2001

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