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Apparatus for packaging an edible liquid

EP 0141572 B1 · Applicant: INNOPAC INC.

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  • Filed October 16, 1984 and granted February 3, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 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 April 16, 2010.
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FiledOctober 16, 1984
PublishedMay 15, 1985
GrantedFebruary 3, 1988
Term endedOctober 16, 2004
Application numberEP 84307078
Classification (CPC)B65B51/32 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 16, 1984PublishedMay 15, 1985Patent grantedFeb 3, 1988Term endedOct 16, 2004

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