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Manufacture of packaging containers

EP 0077131 B1 · Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOMOKU

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  • Filed September 14, 1982 and granted June 16, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 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 14, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1982
PublishedApril 20, 1983
GrantedJune 16, 1987
Term endedSeptember 14, 2002
Application numberEP 82304832
Classification (CPC)B31F1/2886

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedSep 14, 1982PublishedApril 20, 1983Patent grantedJune 16, 1987Term endedSep 14, 2002

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