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Smoking article wrapper for controlling burn rate and method for making same

EP 0532193 B1 · Applicant: Philip Morris Products Inc.

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  • Filed August 24, 1992 and granted July 3, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 24, 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 February 24, 2018.
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FiledAugust 24, 1992
PublishedMarch 17, 1993
GrantedJuly 3, 1996
Term endedAugust 24, 2012
Application numberEP 92307709
Classification (CPC)A24D1/025

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1993199519971999200120032005200720092011Application filedAug 24, 1992PublishedMarch 17, 1993Patent grantedJuly 3, 1996Term endedAug 24, 2012

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