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EP 0699291 B1 · Applicant: FORT JAMES OPERATING COMPANY

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  • Filed December 12, 1994 and granted May 6, 1998. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 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 June 12, 2020.
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FiledDecember 12, 1994
PublishedMarch 6, 1996
GrantedMay 6, 1998
Term endedDecember 12, 2014
Application numberEP 95908416
Classification (CPC)D21F5/181 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedDec 12, 1994PublishedMarch 6, 1996Patent grantedMay 6, 1998Term endedDec 12, 2014

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