Improvements relating to socks
CA 2561885 C · Owner: Linnane, Patrick Gerard · Inventors: Bonnefin, Wayne Lee; Linnane, Patrick Gerard; Tabron, Ian Stewart
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A sock suitable for wearing on a limb of a patient the sock comprising , material having the ability to wick moisture away from the skin surface and the sock comprising padding located in those areas of the sock which in use will cover the ankle and shin of the patient.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed March 30, 2005 and granted June 4, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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