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A device for cutting strip material

EP 0174656 B1 · Applicant: AB Tetra Pak

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  • Filed September 12, 1985 and granted November 23, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 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 March 12, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 12, 1985
PublishedMarch 19, 1986
GrantedNovember 23, 1988
Term endedSeptember 12, 2005
Application numberEP 85111520
Classification (CPC)B65B61/06 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedSep 12, 1985PublishedMarch 19, 1986Patent grantedNov 23, 1988Term endedSep 12, 2005

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