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An abrasion-removable coating, method of manufacturing, use of and method of applying this coating

EP 0872265 B1 · Applicant: SICPA HOLDING S.A.

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  • Filed April 15, 1997 and granted August 20, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 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 October 15, 2022.
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FiledApril 15, 1997
PublishedOctober 21, 1998
GrantedAugust 20, 2003
Term endedApril 15, 2017
Application numberEP 97810224
Classification (CPC)C09D5/008 +2 more

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