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Process and device for inserting several flexible foil packages into a package container

EP 0688286 B1 · Applicant: Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH

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  • Filed January 29, 1994 and granted March 26, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 29, 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 July 29, 2019.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1994
PublishedDecember 27, 1995
GrantedMarch 26, 1997
Term endedJanuary 29, 2014
Application numberEP 94904979
Classification (CPC)B65B5/101 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedJan 29, 1994PublishedDec 27, 1995Patent grantedMarch 26, 1997Term endedJan 29, 2014

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