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A method and associated apparatus for making a re-closable package

EP 0819084 A1 · Applicant: Motherwell Services Ltd.

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  • Filed March 14, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 14, 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 September 14, 2021.
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FiledMarch 14, 1996
PublishedJanuary 21, 1998
GrantedNever granted
Term endedMarch 14, 2016
Application numberEP 96908035
Classification (CPC)B65D33/24 +1 more

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