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Improved spring activated hemostatic clip applicator

EP 0112980 B1 · Applicant: Klieman, Charles H.

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  • Filed October 4, 1983 and granted March 7, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 4, 2003.
  • 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 4, 2009.
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FiledOctober 4, 1983
PublishedJuly 11, 1984
GrantedMarch 7, 1990
Term endedOctober 4, 2003
Application numberEP 83109885
Classification (CPC)A61B17/128

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedOct 4, 1983PublishedJuly 11, 1984Patent grantedMarch 7, 1990Term endedOct 4, 2003

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