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A method for forming bags in plastic material and the bag thus produced

EP 1007408 A1 · Applicant: B.L. MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.p.A.

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  • Filed October 20, 1997 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 20, 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 20, 2023.
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FiledOctober 20, 1997
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 20, 2017
Application numberEP 97943096
Classification (CPC)B65D75/008 +2 more

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