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EP 0687239 B1 · Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

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  • Filed February 28, 1994 and granted January 20, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 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 28, 2019.
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FiledFebruary 28, 1994
PublishedDecember 20, 1995
GrantedJanuary 20, 1999
Term endedFebruary 28, 2014
Application numberEP 94910717
Classification (CPC)B65C7/006

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 28, 1994PublishedDec 20, 1995Patent grantedJan 20, 1999Term endedFeb 28, 2014

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