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Method for opening and closing an interchangeable container and device for performing the method

EP 1036746 B1 · Applicant: Faun Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed March 18, 1999 and granted August 11, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 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 September 18, 2024.
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FiledMarch 18, 1999
PublishedSeptember 20, 2000
GrantedAugust 11, 2004
Term endedMarch 18, 2019
Application numberEP 99105552
Classification (CPC)B65F3/143

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