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Device for filling transportable containers with free-flowing materials

EP 0274470 B1 · Applicant: BASF Lacke + Farben AG

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  • Filed August 21, 1986 and granted March 28, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 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 21, 2012.
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FiledAugust 21, 1986
PublishedJuly 20, 1988
GrantedMarch 28, 1990
Term endedAugust 21, 2006
Application numberEP 86905273
Classification (CPC)B65D88/54

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedAug 21, 1986PublishedJuly 20, 1988Patent grantedMarch 28, 1990Term endedAug 21, 2006

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