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Method and apparatus for coating paper and the like

EP 0117054 B1 · Applicant: UNILEVER N.V.

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  • Filed January 17, 1984 and granted November 11, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 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 17, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 17, 1984
PublishedAugust 29, 1984
GrantedNovember 11, 1987
Term endedJanuary 17, 2004
Application numberEP 84300262
Classification (CPC)B05C9/08 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJan 17, 1984PublishedAug 29, 1984Patent grantedNov 11, 1987Term endedJan 17, 2004

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