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Packaging crate and preparation method

EP 0236173 B1 · Applicant: Savoye Nouvelle Société Anonyme dite SAVOYE N.S.A.

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  • Filed January 26, 1987 and granted September 27, 1989. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 26, 2007.
  • 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 26, 2012.
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FiledJanuary 26, 1987
PublishedSeptember 9, 1987
GrantedSeptember 27, 1989
Term endedJanuary 26, 2007
Application numberEP 87400171
Classification (CPC)B65D5/5028

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJan 26, 1987PublishedSep 9, 1987Patent grantedSep 27, 1989Term endedJan 26, 2007

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