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EP 0226248 B1 · Applicant: Shikoku Kakooki Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed December 4, 1986 and granted July 18, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 2006.
  • 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 June 4, 2012.
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FiledDecember 4, 1986
PublishedJune 24, 1987
GrantedJuly 18, 1990
Term endedDecember 4, 2006
Application numberEP 86202165
Classification (CPC)B65D5/064

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 4, 1986PublishedJune 24, 1987Patent grantedJuly 18, 1990Term endedDec 4, 2006

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