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Two-lobed filter bag for products for infusion and method for making the same

EP 1016599 B1 · Applicant: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.p.A.

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  • Filed December 22, 1999 and granted July 23, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 22, 2019.
  • 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 22, 2025.
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FiledDecember 22, 1999
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedJuly 23, 2003
Term endedDecember 22, 2019
Application numberEP 99830793
Classification (CPC)B65D85/808 +2 more

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