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Apparatus for sterilizing a spout assembly of a container

EP 1012048 B1 · Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.

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  • Filed March 25, 1998 and granted May 26, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 25, 2018.
  • 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 September 25, 2023.
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FiledMarch 25, 1998
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedMay 26, 2004
Term endedMarch 25, 2018
Application numberEP 98913133
Classification (CPC)B65B55/10

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