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Tubing used for encasing food products and a method for manufacturing the tubing

EP 0460146 B1 · Applicant: OY VISKO AB

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  • Filed December 18, 1990 and granted December 14, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 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 June 18, 2016.
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FiledDecember 18, 1990
PublishedDecember 11, 1991
GrantedDecember 14, 1994
Term endedDecember 18, 2010
Application numberEP 91900257
Classification (CPC)A22C13/0013

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 18, 1990PublishedDec 11, 1991Patent grantedDec 14, 1994Term endedDec 18, 2010

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