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Turning apparatus for packages

EP 0752972 B1 · Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 10, 1995 and granted October 6, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 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 October 10, 2020.
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FiledApril 10, 1995
PublishedJanuary 15, 1997
GrantedOctober 6, 1999
Term endedApril 10, 2015
Application numberEP 95916403
Classification (CPC)B65G47/2445

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedApril 10, 1995PublishedJan 15, 1997Patent grantedOct 6, 1999Term endedApril 10, 2015

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