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A process and a machine for forming containers

EP 1268159 B1 · Applicant: SARONG S.p.A.

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  • Filed March 7, 2001 and granted January 14, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 7, 2021.
  • 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 September 7, 2026.
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FiledMarch 7, 2001
PublishedJanuary 2, 2003
GrantedJanuary 14, 2004
Term endedMarch 7, 2021
Application numberEP 01917457
Classification (CPC)B29C49/64 +2 more

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