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Intravaginal contraceptive device

EP 0129271 B1 · Applicant: Fundatech S.A.

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  • Filed May 24, 1984 and granted September 9, 1987. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 24, 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 November 24, 2009.
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FiledMay 24, 1984
PublishedDecember 27, 1984
GrantedSeptember 9, 1987
Term endedMay 24, 2004
Application numberEP 84200757
Classification (CPC)A61F6/08

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedMay 24, 1984PublishedDec 27, 1984Patent grantedSep 9, 1987Term endedMay 24, 2004

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