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An outer surface sheet for absorbent articles that include barrier flaps

EP 1152725 B1 · Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB

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  • Filed August 25, 1999 and granted November 5, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 25, 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 February 25, 2025.
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FiledAugust 25, 1999
PublishedNovember 14, 2001
GrantedNovember 5, 2003
Term endedAugust 25, 2019
Application numberEP 99946515
Classification (CPC)A61F13/4942

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