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Package for fluid materials and method of producing same

EP 0401546 B1 · Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA

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  • Filed May 12, 1990 and granted October 13, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 2010.
  • 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 12, 2015.
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FiledMay 12, 1990
PublishedDecember 12, 1990
GrantedOctober 13, 1993
Term endedMay 12, 2010
Application numberEP 90108977
Classification (CPC)B65D15/22 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 12, 1990PublishedDec 12, 1990Patent grantedOct 13, 1993Term endedMay 12, 2010

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