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EP 0829344 B1 · Applicant: Alcan Technology & Management AG

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  • Filed July 24, 1997 and granted October 6, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 24, 2017.
  • 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 January 24, 2023.
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FiledJuly 24, 1997
PublishedMarch 18, 1998
GrantedOctober 6, 2004
Term endedJuly 24, 2017
Application numberEP 97810526
Classification (CPC)B32B27/10

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedJuly 24, 1997PublishedMarch 18, 1998Patent grantedOct 6, 2004Term endedJuly 24, 2017

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