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Clamshell blister package for tape measure

EP 0526032 A1 · Applicant: KLEIN TOOLS, INC.

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  • Filed July 14, 1992 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 14, 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 January 14, 2018.
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FiledJuly 14, 1992
PublishedFebruary 3, 1993
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJuly 14, 2012
Application numberEP 92306419
Classification (CPC)B65D75/225

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 14, 1992PublishedFeb 3, 1993Term endedJuly 14, 2012

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