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EP 0090809 B1 · Applicant: DICKSON, Kenneth Arthur

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  • Filed May 11, 1982 and granted October 22, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 11, 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 November 11, 2007.
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FiledMay 11, 1982
PublishedOctober 12, 1983
GrantedOctober 22, 1986
Term endedMay 11, 2002
Application numberEP 82901348
Classification (CPC)B65D17/4012

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1983198519871989199119931995199719992001Application filedMay 11, 1982PublishedOct 12, 1983Patent grantedOct 22, 1986Term endedMay 11, 2002

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