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EP 0302085 B1 · Applicant: MANVILLE CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 28, 1987 and granted November 18, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 28, 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 June 28, 2013.
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FiledDecember 28, 1987
PublishedFebruary 8, 1989
GrantedNovember 18, 1993
Term endedDecember 28, 2007
Application numberEP 88900937
Classification (CPC)B65D5/5021

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedDec 28, 1987PublishedFeb 8, 1989Patent grantedNov 18, 1993Term endedDec 28, 2007

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