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EP 1013871 B1 · Applicant: NEWELL OPERATING COMPANY

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  • Filed March 28, 1995 and granted March 9, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 2015.
  • 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 28, 2020.
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FiledMarch 28, 1995
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedMarch 9, 2005
Term endedMarch 28, 2015
Application numberEP 00104597
Classification (CPC)E06B9/60 +2 more

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1996199820002002200420062008201020122014Application filedMarch 28, 1995PublishedJune 28, 2000Patent grantedMarch 9, 2005Term endedMarch 28, 2015

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