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Method and apparatus for making and/or packing cigarettes

EP 1062883 B1 · Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)

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  • Filed June 10, 2000 and granted May 16, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 10, 2020.
  • 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 10, 2025.
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FiledJune 10, 2000
PublishedDecember 27, 2000
GrantedMay 16, 2007
Term endedJune 10, 2020
Application numberEP 00112459
Classification (CPC)A24C5/396

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