Expired European patentEurope
Filler unit for topping up a container with liquid
EP 0115423 B1 · Applicant: Fitter, Johan Christiaan
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- Filed January 25, 1984 and granted April 13, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 25, 2004.
- 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 July 25, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 25, 1984
PublishedAugust 8, 1984
GrantedApril 13, 1988
Term endedJanuary 25, 2004
Application numberEP 84300424
Classification (CPC)H01M50/673
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