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A process for producing seasoned food products

EP 1046348 B1 · Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

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  • Filed December 10, 1993 and granted July 27, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 2013.
  • 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 10, 2019.
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FiledDecember 10, 1993
PublishedOctober 25, 2000
GrantedJuly 27, 2005
Term endedDecember 10, 2013
Application numberEP 00201900
Classification (CPC)B65B25/00 +2 more

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