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Improvements in or relating to pillows

EP 0454807 B1 · Applicant: BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED

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  • Filed November 1, 1990 and granted December 29, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 1, 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 May 1, 2016.
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FiledNovember 1, 1990
PublishedNovember 6, 1991
GrantedDecember 29, 1993
Term endedNovember 1, 2010
Application numberEP 90916109
Classification (CPC)A47G9/10

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 1, 1990PublishedNov 6, 1991Patent grantedDec 29, 1993Term endedNov 1, 2010

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