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Methods of making multiple layer sheet materials, methods of processing polymers, extrusion apparatus, polymeric sheet materials and packaging made therefrom

EP 0345987 B1 · Applicant: AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN COMPANY

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  • Filed May 31, 1989 and granted September 18, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 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 December 1, 2014.
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FiledMay 31, 1989
PublishedDecember 13, 1989
GrantedSeptember 18, 1996
Term endedMay 31, 2009
Application numberEP 89305444
Classification (CPC)B29C48/0022 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 31, 1989PublishedDec 13, 1989Patent grantedSep 18, 1996Term endedMay 31, 2009

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