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Inflating and deflating device

EP 0054357 B1 · Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.

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  • Filed November 13, 1981 and granted October 2, 1985. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 13, 2007.
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FiledNovember 13, 1981
PublishedJune 23, 1982
GrantedOctober 2, 1985
Term endedNovember 13, 2001
Application numberEP 81305395
Classification (CPC)A61M31/005 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedNov 13, 1981PublishedJune 23, 1982Patent grantedOct 2, 1985Term endedNov 13, 2001

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