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An endodontic instrument and a method of making it

EP 0019356 B1 · Applicant: SYBRON CORPORATION

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  • Filed April 10, 1980 and granted June 8, 1983. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 2000.
  • 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 10, 2005.
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FiledApril 10, 1980
PublishedNovember 26, 1980
GrantedJune 8, 1983
Term endedApril 10, 2000
Application numberEP 80301161
Classification (CPC)A61C5/42

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1981198319851987198919911993199519971999Application filedApril 10, 1980PublishedNov 26, 1980Patent grantedJune 8, 1983Term endedApril 10, 2000

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