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An absorbent structure that has a high degree of utilization

EP 1006970 B1 · Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB

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  • Filed December 16, 1997 and granted April 10, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 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 16, 2023.
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FiledDecember 16, 1997
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedApril 10, 2002
Term endedDecember 16, 2017
Application numberEP 97950558
Classification (CPC)A61F13/532

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