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Process and apparatus for making portable tubular packages of printed products, such as newspapers, magazines and the like

EP 0243906 B1 · Applicant: Ferag AG

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  • Filed April 24, 1987 and granted February 21, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 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 October 24, 2012.
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FiledApril 24, 1987
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedFebruary 21, 1990
Term endedApril 24, 2007
Application numberEP 87106036
Classification (CPC)B65B27/08 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedApril 24, 1987PublishedNov 4, 1987Patent grantedFeb 21, 1990Term endedApril 24, 2007

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