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EP 0342571 B1 · Applicant: 4P Verpackungen Ronsberg GmbH

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  • Filed May 16, 1989 and granted January 22, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 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 November 16, 2014.
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FiledMay 16, 1989
PublishedNovember 23, 1989
GrantedJanuary 22, 1992
Term endedMay 16, 2009
Application numberEP 89108710
Classification (CPC)B65D81/3453

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 16, 1989PublishedNov 23, 1989Patent grantedJan 22, 1992Term endedMay 16, 2009

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