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Packaging and metering system

EP 0820719 B1 · Applicant: Woellner-Werke GmbH & CO.

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  • Filed October 25, 1994 and granted May 17, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 25, 2014.
  • 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 April 25, 2020.
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FiledOctober 25, 1994
PublishedJanuary 28, 1998
GrantedMay 17, 2000
Term endedOctober 25, 2014
Application numberEP 97116553
Classification (CPC)B65D33/14 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedOct 25, 1994PublishedJan 28, 1998Patent grantedMay 17, 2000Term endedOct 25, 2014

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