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EP 0096748 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.

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  • Filed May 7, 1983 and granted November 26, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 7, 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 November 7, 2008.
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FiledMay 7, 1983
PublishedDecember 28, 1983
GrantedNovember 26, 1986
Term endedMay 7, 2003
Application numberEP 83104523
Classification (CPC)B65D81/3216

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMay 7, 1983PublishedDec 28, 1983Patent grantedNov 26, 1986Term endedMay 7, 2003

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