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Method of manufacturing deep-drawn plastic container

EP 0344331 B1 · Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.

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  • Filed December 14, 1988 and granted July 27, 1994. 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
PublishedDecember 6, 1989
GrantedJuly 27, 1994
Term endedDecember 14, 2008
Application numberEP 89900642
Classification (CPC)B29C51/26 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 14, 1988PublishedDec 6, 1989Patent grantedJuly 27, 1994Term endedDec 14, 2008

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