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Self-centering surgical staple

EP 0050554 B1 · Applicant: United States Surgical Corporation

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  • Filed October 9, 1981 and granted January 8, 1986. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 9, 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 April 9, 2007.
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FiledOctober 9, 1981
PublishedApril 28, 1982
GrantedJanuary 8, 1986
Term endedOctober 9, 2001
Application numberEP 81401571
Classification (CPC)A61B17/0644

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 9, 1981PublishedApril 28, 1982Patent grantedJan 8, 1986Term endedOct 9, 2001

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