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EP 0548230 B1 · Applicant: PERSTORP AB

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  • Filed September 16, 1991 and granted June 5, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 16, 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 March 16, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 16, 1991
PublishedJune 30, 1993
GrantedJune 5, 1996
Term endedSeptember 16, 2011
Application numberEP 91916997
Classification (CPC)B65D1/243

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 16, 1991PublishedJune 30, 1993Patent grantedJune 5, 1996Term endedSep 16, 2011

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