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Pressurized package for a particulate product employing a product separator to contain the product during opening

EP 0686124 B1 · Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

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  • Filed February 22, 1994 and granted May 28, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 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 August 22, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 22, 1994
PublishedDecember 13, 1995
GrantedMay 28, 1997
Term endedFebruary 22, 2014
Application numberEP 94909801
Classification (CPC)B65D51/1677 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 22, 1994PublishedDec 13, 1995Patent grantedMay 28, 1997Term endedFeb 22, 2014

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