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Closure for a bottle-type container, especially one for a rinsing liquid or the like

EP 0344357 B1 · Applicant: Heinlein, Patricia

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  • Filed August 12, 1988 and granted February 17, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 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 February 12, 2014.
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FiledAugust 12, 1988
PublishedDecember 6, 1989
GrantedFebruary 17, 1993
Term endedAugust 12, 2008
Application numberEP 88113094
Classification (CPC)B65D1/0238 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 12, 1988PublishedDec 6, 1989Patent grantedFeb 17, 1993Term endedAug 12, 2008

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