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Security tag and complemental deactivation apparatus

EP 0704591 B1 · Applicant: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation

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  • Filed July 14, 1995 and granted April 5, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 14, 2015.
  • 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 January 14, 2021.
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FiledJuly 14, 1995
PublishedApril 3, 1996
GrantedApril 5, 2000
Term endedJuly 14, 2015
Application numberEP 95111030
Classification (CPC)E05B73/0017 +1 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedJuly 14, 1995PublishedApril 3, 1996Patent grantedApril 5, 2000Term endedJuly 14, 2015

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