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EP 0664831 B1 · Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

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  • Filed September 23, 1993 and granted February 24, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 23, 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 March 23, 2019.
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FiledSeptember 23, 1993
PublishedAugust 2, 1995
GrantedFebruary 24, 1999
Term endedSeptember 23, 2013
Application numberEP 93922333
Classification (CPC)C11D9/002 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedSep 23, 1993PublishedAug 2, 1995Patent grantedFeb 24, 1999Term endedSep 23, 2013

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