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Package for liquid detergents and method of using it

EP 0288347 B1 · Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

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  • Filed March 24, 1988 and granted August 28, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 24, 2008.
  • 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 September 24, 2013.
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FiledMarch 24, 1988
PublishedOctober 26, 1988
GrantedAugust 28, 1991
Term endedMarch 24, 2008
Application numberEP 88400726
Classification (CPC)B65D23/12 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMarch 24, 1988PublishedOct 26, 1988Patent grantedAug 28, 1991Term endedMarch 24, 2008

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