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Box made of cardboard or the like, having an improved dispensing spout

EP 0628486 B1 · Applicant: CARTOTECNICA POLIGRAFICA BIANCHI S.P.A.

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  • Filed May 30, 1994 and granted March 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 30, 2014.
  • 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 November 30, 2019.
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FiledMay 30, 1994
PublishedDecember 14, 1994
GrantedMarch 26, 1997
Term endedMay 30, 2014
Application numberEP 94830259
Classification (CPC)B65D5/743

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMay 30, 1994PublishedDec 14, 1994Patent grantedMarch 26, 1997Term endedMay 30, 2014

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