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EP 0085559 B1 · Applicant: THERMOPAC COMPANY LIMITED

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  • Filed January 28, 1983 and granted May 27, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 28, 2003.
  • 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 July 28, 2008.
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FiledJanuary 28, 1983
PublishedAugust 10, 1983
GrantedMay 27, 1987
Term endedJanuary 28, 2003
Application numberEP 83300470
Classification (CPC)B65D85/324

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJan 28, 1983PublishedAug 10, 1983Patent grantedMay 27, 1987Term endedJan 28, 2003

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