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Method and apparatus for the dosed filling of liquid and pasty products, especially of foodstuffs or the like

EP 0403813 B1 · Applicant: Benz & Hilgers GmbH

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  • Filed May 22, 1990 and granted August 12, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 22, 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 22, 2015.
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FiledMay 22, 1990
PublishedDecember 27, 1990
GrantedAugust 12, 1992
Term endedMay 22, 2010
Application numberEP 90109756
Classification (CPC)G01F11/021 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 22, 1990PublishedDec 27, 1990Patent grantedAug 12, 1992Term endedMay 22, 2010

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