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A nozzle for pressurized containers

EP 1017601 B1 · Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

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  • Filed June 5, 1997 and granted February 20, 2002. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 5, 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 December 5, 2022.
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FiledJune 5, 1997
PublishedJuly 12, 2000
GrantedFebruary 20, 2002
Term endedJune 5, 2017
Application numberEP 97931060
Classification (CPC)B65D83/56

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedJune 5, 1997PublishedJuly 12, 2000Patent grantedFeb 20, 2002Term endedJune 5, 2017

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