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Apparatus and method for measuring permeability of a moving web

EP 0107482 B1 · Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

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  • Filed October 19, 1983 and granted May 14, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2009.
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FiledOctober 19, 1983
PublishedMay 2, 1984
GrantedMay 14, 1986
Term endedOctober 19, 2003
Application numberEP 83306363
Classification (CPC)G01N15/0826

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 19, 1983PublishedMay 2, 1984Patent grantedMay 14, 1986Term endedOct 19, 2003

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