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EP 0764409 B1 · Applicant: L'OREAL

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  • Filed September 5, 1996 and granted November 12, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 5, 2016.
  • 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 March 5, 2022.
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FiledSeptember 5, 1996
PublishedMarch 26, 1997
GrantedNovember 12, 1997
Term endedSeptember 5, 2016
Application numberEP 96401908
Classification (CPC)A45D33/34

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedSep 5, 1996PublishedMarch 26, 1997Patent grantedNov 12, 1997Term endedSep 5, 2016

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