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Apparatus and process for forming and applying a profile and adjacent rib-type zipper to a traveling film web

EP 0265019 B1 · Applicant: DowBrands Inc.

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  • Filed October 19, 1987 and granted January 20, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 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 April 19, 2013.
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FiledOctober 19, 1987
PublishedApril 27, 1988
GrantedJanuary 20, 1993
Term endedOctober 19, 2007
Application numberEP 87202004
Classification (CPC)B29C66/474 +2 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedOct 19, 1987PublishedApril 27, 1988Patent grantedJan 20, 1993Term endedOct 19, 2007

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