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A method of packaging articles of a compressible material

EP 0133172 B1 · Applicant: Berg, Anders

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  • Filed July 16, 1984 and granted February 24, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 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 January 16, 2010.
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FiledJuly 16, 1984
PublishedFebruary 13, 1985
GrantedFebruary 24, 1988
Term endedJuly 16, 2004
Application numberEP 84850220
Classification (CPC)B65B63/04

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJuly 16, 1984PublishedFeb 13, 1985Patent grantedFeb 24, 1988Term endedJuly 16, 2004

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