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Seal assembly for use in a face mask or swim goggles

EP 0255262 B1 · Applicant: SHARP PLASTICS MFG. LTD.

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  • Filed July 16, 1987 and granted December 11, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 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 January 16, 2013.
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FiledJuly 16, 1987
PublishedFebruary 3, 1988
GrantedDecember 11, 1991
Term endedJuly 16, 2007
Application numberEP 87306301
Classification (CPC)A63B33/006 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJuly 16, 1987PublishedFeb 3, 1988Patent grantedDec 11, 1991Term endedJuly 16, 2007

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