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Improved method for enxymatic cleaning and disinfecting contact lenses

EP 0141607 B1 · Applicant: BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED

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  • Filed October 22, 1984 and granted December 21, 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 15, 1985
GrantedDecember 21, 1988
Term endedOctober 22, 2004
Application numberEP 84307264
Classification (CPC)C11D3/0078 +2 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedOct 22, 1984PublishedMay 15, 1985Patent grantedDec 21, 1988Term endedOct 22, 2004

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