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Method and apparatus for testing the fluid-tight sealed integrity of hermetically-sealed package

EP 0198950 A2 · Applicant: THE ARO CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 2, 1985 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 2, 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 April 2, 2011.
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FiledOctober 2, 1985
PublishedOctober 29, 1986
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 2, 2005
Application numberEP 85112460
Classification (CPC)G01M3/363

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedOct 2, 1985PublishedOct 29, 1986Term endedOct 2, 2005

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