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Orthopedic fixation apparatus for bone fractures

EP 0140786 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE DE REALISATIONS ELECTROMECANIQUES (S.O.R.E.M.)

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  • Filed October 22, 1984 and granted July 20, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 22, 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 April 22, 2010.
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FiledOctober 22, 1984
PublishedMay 8, 1985
GrantedJuly 20, 1988
Term endedOctober 22, 2004
Application numberEP 84402115
Classification (CPC)A61B17/60 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 22, 1984PublishedMay 8, 1985Patent grantedJuly 20, 1988Term endedOct 22, 2004

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