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EP 0169737 B1 · Applicant: AUTOBAR VENDABEKA LIMITED

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  • Filed July 24, 1985 and granted January 16, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 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 January 24, 2011.
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FiledJuly 24, 1985
PublishedJanuary 29, 1986
GrantedJanuary 16, 1991
Term endedJuly 24, 2005
Application numberEP 85305275
Classification (CPC)B65D85/324

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedJuly 24, 1985PublishedJan 29, 1986Patent grantedJan 16, 1991Term endedJuly 24, 2005

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