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Method for making vitamin enriched cereal

EP 0656751 B1 · Applicant: GENERAL MILLS, INC.

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  • Filed August 19, 1993 and granted May 14, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 2013.
  • 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 19, 2019.
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FiledAugust 19, 1993
PublishedJune 14, 1995
GrantedMay 14, 1997
Term endedAugust 19, 2013
Application numberEP 94908873
Classification (CPC)A23L7/101 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedAug 19, 1993PublishedJune 14, 1995Patent grantedMay 14, 1997Term endedAug 19, 2013

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