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Toy packaging

EP 0471072 B1 · Applicant: THE RITVIK GROUP INC.

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  • Filed February 7, 1991 and granted January 19, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 7, 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 August 7, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 7, 1991
PublishedFebruary 19, 1992
GrantedJanuary 19, 1994
Term endedFebruary 7, 2011
Application numberEP 91914188
Classification (CPC)A63F9/001 +1 more

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedFeb 7, 1991PublishedFeb 19, 1992Patent grantedJan 19, 1994Term endedFeb 7, 2011

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