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Starch based natural adhesives used in cigarette manufacture

EP 0458233 B1 · Applicant: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation

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  • Filed May 18, 1991 and granted August 31, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 18, 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 November 18, 2016.
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FiledMay 18, 1991
PublishedNovember 27, 1991
GrantedAugust 31, 1994
Term endedMay 18, 2011
Application numberEP 91108122
Classification (CPC)C09J103/00 +2 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 18, 1991PublishedNov 27, 1991Patent grantedAug 31, 1994Term endedMay 18, 2011

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