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Container sealing compositions

EP 0378668 B1 · Applicant: W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

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  • Filed June 29, 1989 and granted September 23, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 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 29, 2014.
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FiledJune 29, 1989
PublishedJuly 25, 1990
GrantedSeptember 23, 1992
Term endedJune 29, 2009
Application numberEP 89908444
Classification (CPC)C09K3/10

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedJune 29, 1989PublishedJuly 25, 1990Patent grantedSep 23, 1992Term endedJune 29, 2009

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