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Blood component collection system and method

EP 0116626 B1 · Applicant: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (a Delaware corporation)

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  • Filed August 17, 1983 and granted October 12, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 17, 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 February 17, 2009.
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FiledAugust 17, 1983
PublishedAugust 29, 1984
GrantedOctober 12, 1988
Term endedAugust 17, 2003
Application numberEP 83902860
Classification (CPC)A61M1/3693 +1 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedAug 17, 1983PublishedAug 29, 1984Patent grantedOct 12, 1988Term endedAug 17, 2003

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