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Dental cleaning apparatus and method

EP 0119735 B1 · Applicant: Dentsply Research and Development Corporation

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  • Filed February 14, 1984 and granted November 11, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2004.
  • 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 August 14, 2009.
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FiledFebruary 14, 1984
PublishedSeptember 26, 1984
GrantedNovember 11, 1987
Term endedFebruary 14, 2004
Application numberEP 84300953
Classification (CPC)B24C7/0084 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedFeb 14, 1984PublishedSep 26, 1984Patent grantedNov 11, 1987Term endedFeb 14, 2004

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