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Manual capsule filling device

CA 2175939 C · Owner: Wassenaar, Willem · Inventors: Wassenaar, Willem; Hetherington, Michael Warnett

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A capsule filling device includes a manually operated system of dispensing specific quantities of pharmaceutical or other suitable substance into capsules. A desired quantity of pharmaceutical is placed in a capsule by using interchangeable plates with set volumes of wells to measure specific quantities of pharmaceutical.

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  • Filed May 7, 1996 and granted September 14, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 7, 2016.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 7, 2018.
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FiledMay 7, 1996
GrantedSeptember 14, 1999
Term endedMay 7, 2016
Patent numberCA 2175939 C
Classification (IPC)A61J3/07

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMay 7, 1996Patent grantedSep 14, 1999Term endedMay 7, 2016

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