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Apparatus and method for packaging box flats

EP 0154093 B1 · Applicant: The International Paper Box Machine Co., Inc.

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  • Filed December 21, 1984 and granted July 19, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 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 June 21, 2010.
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FiledDecember 21, 1984
PublishedSeptember 11, 1985
GrantedJuly 19, 1989
Term endedDecember 21, 2004
Application numberEP 84309009
Classification (CPC)B65B25/141

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedDec 21, 1984PublishedSep 11, 1985Patent grantedJuly 19, 1989Term endedDec 21, 2004

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