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Apparatus for forming containers

EP 0247249 B1 · Applicant: Shikoku Kakooki Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed August 12, 1986 and granted May 23, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 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 February 12, 2012.
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FiledAugust 12, 1986
PublishedDecember 2, 1987
GrantedMay 23, 1990
Term endedAugust 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86201415
Classification (CPC)B65B7/18 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedAug 12, 1986PublishedDec 2, 1987Patent grantedMay 23, 1990Term endedAug 12, 2006

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