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Thermoplastic security seal

EP 0754336 B1 · Applicant: E.J. Brooks Company

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  • Filed March 30, 1995 and granted June 16, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 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 September 30, 2020.
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FiledMarch 30, 1995
PublishedJanuary 22, 1997
GrantedJune 16, 1999
Term endedMarch 30, 2015
Application numberEP 95914985
Classification (CPC)G09F3/037

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 30, 1995PublishedJan 22, 1997Patent grantedJune 16, 1999Term endedMarch 30, 2015

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