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Tamper evident capsule and insert device

EP 0303640 A1 · Applicant: HUGHES, Raymond J.

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  • Filed December 8, 1986 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 8, 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 June 8, 2012.
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FiledDecember 8, 1986
PublishedFebruary 22, 1989
GrantedNever granted
Term endedDecember 8, 2006
Application numberEP 88901499
Classification (CPC)A61J3/072

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 8, 1986PublishedFeb 22, 1989Term endedDec 8, 2006

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