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EP 1268313 B1 · Applicant: Orbis Corporation

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  • Filed April 5, 2001 and granted August 18, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 5, 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 October 5, 2026.
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FiledApril 5, 2001
PublishedJanuary 2, 2003
GrantedAugust 18, 2004
Term endedApril 5, 2021
Application numberEP 01926759
Classification (CPC)B65D11/10 +1 more

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