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Packaging machine

EP 0253027 B1 · Applicant: Shikoku Kakooki Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed November 12, 1986 and granted December 18, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 12, 2012.
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FiledNovember 12, 1986
PublishedJanuary 20, 1988
GrantedDecember 18, 1991
Term endedNovember 12, 2006
Application numberEP 86201974
Classification (CPC)B65B3/025

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 12, 1986PublishedJan 20, 1988Patent grantedDec 18, 1991Term endedNov 12, 2006

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