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Molded rubber base for luggage

EP 0828442 B1 · Applicant: Jansport Apparel Corp.

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  • Filed May 28, 1996 and granted February 13, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 28, 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 November 28, 2021.
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FiledMay 28, 1996
PublishedMarch 18, 1998
GrantedFebruary 13, 2002
Term endedMay 28, 2016
Application numberEP 96920529
Classification (CPC)A45F3/04

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