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Simultaneous extrusion of multiple streams of a fibrous food product

EP 0187550 B1 · Applicant: Star-Kist Foods, Inc.

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  • Filed December 31, 1985 and granted December 20, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 31, 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 July 1, 2011.
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FiledDecember 31, 1985
PublishedJuly 16, 1986
GrantedDecember 20, 1989
Term endedDecember 31, 2005
Application numberEP 85309566
Classification (CPC)A22C7/00

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 31, 1985PublishedJuly 16, 1986Patent grantedDec 20, 1989Term endedDec 31, 2005

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