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Mandrel to stiffen probes

EP 0184684 B1 · Applicant: N.V. Nutricia

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  • Filed November 14, 1985 and granted April 21, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 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 May 14, 2011.
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FiledNovember 14, 1985
PublishedJune 18, 1986
GrantedApril 21, 1993
Term endedNovember 14, 2005
Application numberEP 85114462
Classification (CPC)A61M25/0102

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 14, 1985PublishedJune 18, 1986Patent grantedApril 21, 1993Term endedNov 14, 2005

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