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Razor blade system

EP 1073545 B1 · Applicant: THE GILLETTE COMPANY

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  • Filed April 20, 1999 and granted March 19, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 20, 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 October 20, 2024.
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FiledApril 20, 1999
PublishedFebruary 7, 2001
GrantedMarch 19, 2003
Term endedApril 20, 2019
Application numberEP 99918692
Classification (CPC)B26B21/4068 +2 more

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