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Counter-mounted viscous liquid dispenser having improved reservoir assembly

EP 1182956 B1 · Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.

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  • Filed April 27, 2000 and granted March 14, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 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 October 27, 2025.
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FiledApril 27, 2000
PublishedMarch 6, 2002
GrantedMarch 14, 2007
Term endedApril 27, 2020
Application numberEP 00928428
Classification (CPC)A47K5/1205

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