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A machine for the processing of packing containers

EP 0061663 B1 · Applicant: AB TETRA PAK

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  • Filed March 18, 1982 and granted May 28, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 2002.
  • 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 18, 2007.
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FiledMarch 18, 1982
PublishedOctober 6, 1982
GrantedMay 28, 1986
Term endedMarch 18, 2002
Application numberEP 82102214
Classification (CPC)B65B61/24 +1 more

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMarch 18, 1982PublishedOct 6, 1982Patent grantedMay 28, 1986Term endedMarch 18, 2002

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