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A device for use in making a dental replica, and a method of making a dental replica

EP 0044223 B1 · Applicant: Gerrard, John Charles

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  • Filed July 13, 1981 and granted April 24, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 13, 2001.
  • 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 January 13, 2007.
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FiledJuly 13, 1981
PublishedJanuary 20, 1982
GrantedApril 24, 1985
Term endedJuly 13, 2001
Application numberEP 81303214
Classification (CPC)A61C9/002

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedJuly 13, 1981PublishedJan 20, 1982Patent grantedApril 24, 1985Term endedJuly 13, 2001

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