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Contact lens containers and methods of using

EP 0694017 A1 · Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.

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Listed from its EPO record in Patent Yard's archive of European patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the EPO PDF and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.

Why it's free to use

  • Filed April 21, 1994 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 21, 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 21, 2019.
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FiledApril 21, 1994
PublishedJanuary 31, 1996
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 21, 2014
Application numberEP 94914232
Classification (CPC)B65D33/2508 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedApril 21, 1994PublishedJan 31, 1996Term endedApril 21, 2014

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