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Apparatus for shirring a tubular casing

EP 0159159 B1 · Applicant: DEVRO, INC.

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  • Filed March 29, 1985 and granted September 11, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 2005.
  • 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 September 29, 2010.
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FiledMarch 29, 1985
PublishedOctober 23, 1985
GrantedSeptember 11, 1991
Term endedMarch 29, 2005
Application numberEP 85302223
Classification (CPC)A22C13/02

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMarch 29, 1985PublishedOct 23, 1985Patent grantedSep 11, 1991Term endedMarch 29, 2005

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