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Gradual fragrance-emitting textile material

EP 0499181 B1 · Applicant: TREE EXTRACTS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

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  • Filed February 10, 1992 and granted December 29, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 2012.
  • 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 10, 2017.
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FiledFebruary 10, 1992
PublishedAugust 19, 1992
GrantedDecember 29, 1997
Term endedFebruary 10, 2012
Application numberEP 92102202
Classification (CPC)D01F1/10 +2 more

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