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A beverage container with means for frothing the beverage and a method of forming such a container

EP 0770562 B1 · Applicant: GUINNESS LIMITED

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  • Filed August 20, 1996 and granted October 20, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 20, 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 February 20, 2022.
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FiledAugust 20, 1996
PublishedMay 2, 1997
GrantedOctober 20, 1999
Term endedAugust 20, 2016
Application numberEP 96306051
Classification (CPC)B65D85/73

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedAug 20, 1996PublishedMay 2, 1997Patent grantedOct 20, 1999Term endedAug 20, 2016

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