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Die and process for stamping plastic material

EP 0952916 B1 · Applicant: UNILEVER N.V.

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  • Filed December 19, 1997 and granted March 19, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 19, 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 June 19, 2023.
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FiledDecember 19, 1997
PublishedNovember 3, 1999
GrantedMarch 19, 2003
Term endedDecember 19, 2017
Application numberEP 97954753
Classification (CPC)C11D13/18 +2 more

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedDec 19, 1997PublishedNov 3, 1999Patent grantedMarch 19, 2003Term endedDec 19, 2017

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