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Pouring spout array and process for forming same

EP 1090844 B1 · Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.

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  • Filed July 19, 1996 and granted March 17, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 19, 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 January 19, 2022.
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FiledJuly 19, 1996
PublishedApril 11, 2001
GrantedMarch 17, 2004
Term endedJuly 19, 2016
Application numberEP 00125515
Classification (CPC)B65D73/02 +2 more

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