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Ice confections

EP 0710074 B1 · Applicant: UNILEVER N.V.

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  • Filed February 1, 1995 and granted January 15, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 1, 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 August 1, 2020.
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FiledFebruary 1, 1995
PublishedMay 8, 1996
GrantedJanuary 15, 1997
Term endedFebruary 1, 2015
Application numberEP 95908256
Classification (CPC)A23G9/48 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedFeb 1, 1995PublishedMay 8, 1996Patent grantedJan 15, 1997Term endedFeb 1, 2015

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