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Trigger type liquid sprayer

EP 0868945 B1 · Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.

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  • Filed October 22, 1997 and granted January 19, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 22, 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 April 22, 2023.
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FiledOctober 22, 1997
PublishedOctober 7, 1998
GrantedJanuary 19, 2005
Term endedOctober 22, 2017
Application numberEP 97909582
Classification (CPC)B05B11/0029 +1 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedOct 22, 1997PublishedOct 7, 1998Patent grantedJan 19, 2005Term endedOct 22, 2017

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