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EP 1078860 A1 · Applicant: Amcad Holdings Limited

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  • Filed February 13, 1996 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 13, 2016.
  • 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 August 13, 2021.
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FiledFebruary 13, 1996
PublishedFebruary 28, 2001
GrantedNever granted
Term endedFebruary 13, 2016
Application numberEP 00202933
Classification (CPC)B65D81/24 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedFeb 13, 1996PublishedFeb 28, 2001Term endedFeb 13, 2016

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Full published documentClaims, description and drawings as a PDF.EPOEuropean Patent RegisterProcedure, status, file inspection and legal events.EPOLinked open EP data recordThe bibliographic record this page is built from.EPO

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