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Medical needle device and medical equipment having the same

EP 0164600 B1 · Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA trading as TERUMO CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 14, 1985 and granted October 12, 1988. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 14, 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 November 14, 2010.
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FiledMay 14, 1985
PublishedDecember 18, 1985
GrantedOctober 12, 1988
Term endedMay 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85105956
Classification (CPC)A61M5/158

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedMay 14, 1985PublishedDec 18, 1985Patent grantedOct 12, 1988Term endedMay 14, 2005

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