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Improvements in the extrusion of plastic material

EP 0323058 B1 · Applicant: BERNARD MATTHEWS PLC

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  • Filed December 8, 1988 and granted February 26, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 8, 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 8, 2014.
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FiledDecember 8, 1988
PublishedJuly 5, 1989
GrantedFebruary 26, 1992
Term endedDecember 8, 2008
Application numberEP 88311626
Classification (CPC)A22C7/0007

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 8, 1988PublishedJuly 5, 1989Patent grantedFeb 26, 1992Term endedDec 8, 2008

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