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EP 0442552 B1 · Applicant: Trimbach Verpakking B.V.

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  • Filed January 22, 1991 and granted October 13, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 22, 2011.
  • 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 July 22, 2016.
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FiledJanuary 22, 1991
PublishedAugust 21, 1991
GrantedOctober 13, 1993
Term endedJanuary 22, 2011
Application numberEP 91200125
Classification (CPC)B65D5/3635 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedJan 22, 1991PublishedAug 21, 1991Patent grantedOct 13, 1993Term endedJan 22, 2011

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