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Method for conveying a sleeve closed at one side from a shaping station to a transport device, and apparatus for performing the method

EP 0342373 B1 · Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA

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  • Filed April 19, 1989 and granted October 13, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 19, 2009.
  • 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 October 19, 2014.
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FiledApril 19, 1989
PublishedNovember 23, 1989
GrantedOctober 13, 1993
Term endedApril 19, 2009
Application numberEP 89107014
Classification (CPC)B65B3/02 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedApril 19, 1989PublishedNov 23, 1989Patent grantedOct 13, 1993Term endedApril 19, 2009

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