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Filling and sealing apparatus

EP 0450146 B1 · Applicant: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

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  • Filed September 27, 1990 and granted November 30, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 27, 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 March 27, 2016.
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FiledSeptember 27, 1990
PublishedOctober 9, 1991
GrantedNovember 30, 1994
Term endedSeptember 27, 2010
Application numberEP 90118551
Classification (CPC)B29C65/08 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedSep 27, 1990PublishedOct 9, 1991Patent grantedNov 30, 1994Term endedSep 27, 2010

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