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Bladder assist device

EP 0159776 B1 · Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.

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  • Filed February 19, 1985 and granted July 20, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 2005.
  • 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 19, 2010.
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FiledFebruary 19, 1985
PublishedOctober 30, 1985
GrantedJuly 20, 1988
Term endedFebruary 19, 2005
Application numberEP 85301088
Classification (CPC)A61F5/4404

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedFeb 19, 1985PublishedOct 30, 1985Patent grantedJuly 20, 1988Term endedFeb 19, 2005

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