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Process for bleaching and sterilising cork articles, and cork articles bleached by said process

EP 0322650 B1 · Applicant: INTEROX CHIMICA S.p.A.

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  • Filed December 14, 1988 and granted April 15, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 14, 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 June 14, 2014.
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FiledDecember 14, 1988
PublishedJuly 5, 1989
GrantedApril 15, 1992
Term endedDecember 14, 2008
Application numberEP 88120920
Classification (CPC)B27K7/00 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 14, 1988PublishedJuly 5, 1989Patent grantedApril 15, 1992Term endedDec 14, 2008

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