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Absorbent article having side flaps, and process for manufacturing the same

EP 1078619 B1 · Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION

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  • Filed August 29, 2000 and granted September 19, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 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 March 1, 2026.
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FiledAugust 29, 2000
PublishedFebruary 28, 2001
GrantedSeptember 19, 2007
Term endedAugust 29, 2020
Application numberEP 00307397
Classification (CPC)A61F13/15699 +2 more

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