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Disposable diaper

EP 0715840 B1 · Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION

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  • Filed December 4, 1995 and granted June 14, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 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 June 4, 2021.
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FiledDecember 4, 1995
PublishedJune 12, 1996
GrantedJune 14, 2000
Term endedDecember 4, 2015
Application numberEP 95308727
Classification (CPC)A61F13/49011

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedDec 4, 1995PublishedJune 12, 1996Patent grantedJune 14, 2000Term endedDec 4, 2015

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