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Method and apparatus for heatsealing

EP 0099159 B1 · Applicant: Shikoku Kakooki Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed July 13, 1983 and granted September 30, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 13, 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 January 13, 2009.
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FiledJuly 13, 1983
PublishedJanuary 25, 1984
GrantedSeptember 30, 1987
Term endedJuly 13, 2003
Application numberEP 83201035
Classification (CPC)B29C66/63 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedJuly 13, 1983PublishedJan 25, 1984Patent grantedSep 30, 1987Term endedJuly 13, 2003

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