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EP 0691920 B1 · Applicant: NIELSEN, Arne Bendix

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  • Filed April 6, 1994 and granted February 11, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 6, 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 October 6, 2019.
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FiledApril 6, 1994
PublishedJanuary 17, 1996
GrantedFebruary 11, 1998
Term endedApril 6, 2014
Application numberEP 94913039
Classification (CPC)B65D50/046

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 6, 1994PublishedJan 17, 1996Patent grantedFeb 11, 1998Term endedApril 6, 2014

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