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EP 0137879 A2 · Applicant: St. Luke's Hospital

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  • Filed November 24, 1983 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 24, 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 May 24, 2009.
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FiledNovember 24, 1983
PublishedApril 24, 1985
GrantedNever granted
Term endedNovember 24, 2003
Application numberEP 83307181
Classification (CPC)A61F9/0008

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedNov 24, 1983PublishedApril 24, 1985Term endedNov 24, 2003

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