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Improved opaque film composition

EP 0258020 B1 · Applicant: MOBIL OIL CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 24, 1987 and granted September 30, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 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 February 24, 2013.
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FiledAugust 24, 1987
PublishedMarch 2, 1988
GrantedSeptember 30, 1998
Term endedAugust 24, 2007
Application numberEP 87307442
Classification (CPC)B32B27/20

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedAug 24, 1987PublishedMarch 2, 1988Patent grantedSep 30, 1998Term endedAug 24, 2007

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