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Method for manufacturing self supporting containers made of paper like material

EP 0951990 A2 · Applicant: Ecopack S.p.A.

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  • Filed April 21, 1999 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 21, 2019.
  • 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 21, 2024.
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FiledApril 21, 1999
PublishedOctober 27, 1999
GrantedNever granted
Term endedApril 21, 2019
Application numberEP 99107340
Classification (CPC)B31F1/0077

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