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Creasing apparatus

EP 0528159 B1 · Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA

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  • Filed July 7, 1992 and granted February 28, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 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 7, 2018.
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FiledJuly 7, 1992
PublishedFebruary 24, 1993
GrantedFebruary 28, 1996
Term endedJuly 7, 2012
Application numberEP 92111465
Classification (CPC)B31F1/08

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedJuly 7, 1992PublishedFeb 24, 1993Patent grantedFeb 28, 1996Term endedJuly 7, 2012

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