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Improvements in or relating to labelling apparatus

EP 0113256 B1 · Applicant: SINCLAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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  • Filed December 30, 1983 and granted April 14, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 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 June 30, 2009.
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FiledDecember 30, 1983
PublishedJuly 11, 1984
GrantedApril 14, 1999
Term endedDecember 30, 2003
Application numberEP 83308035
Classification (CPC)B65C9/36 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedDec 30, 1983PublishedJuly 11, 1984Patent grantedApril 14, 1999Term endedDec 30, 2003

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