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Self-contained air freshener and cartridge therefor

EP 0274813 B1 · Applicant: STEINER COMPANY, INC.

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  • Filed July 21, 1987 and granted May 12, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 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 21, 2013.
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FiledJuly 21, 1987
PublishedJuly 20, 1988
GrantedMay 12, 1993
Term endedJuly 21, 2007
Application numberEP 87306438
Classification (CPC)A61L9/122

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedJuly 21, 1987PublishedJuly 20, 1988Patent grantedMay 12, 1993Term endedJuly 21, 2007

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