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Method and apparatus for production of smoke filter components

EP 0076641 B1 · Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED

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  • Filed September 29, 1982 and granted April 30, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 29, 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 March 29, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1982
PublishedApril 13, 1983
GrantedApril 30, 1986
Term endedSeptember 29, 2002
Application numberEP 82305172
Classification (CPC)A24D3/0258

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedSep 29, 1982PublishedApril 13, 1983Patent grantedApril 30, 1986Term endedSep 29, 2002

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