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Dental floss dispenser

EP 0090106 B1 · Applicant: Endelson, Robert A.

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  • Filed March 29, 1982 and granted October 1, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 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 September 29, 2007.
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FiledMarch 29, 1982
PublishedOctober 5, 1983
GrantedOctober 1, 1986
Term endedMarch 29, 2002
Application numberEP 82301648
Classification (CPC)A61C15/043

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMarch 29, 1982PublishedOct 5, 1983Patent grantedOct 1, 1986Term endedMarch 29, 2002

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