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Process for making collagen membranes for medical use

EP 0187014 B1 · Applicant: COLLAGEN CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation)

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  • Filed December 17, 1985 and granted May 29, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 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 June 17, 2011.
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FiledDecember 17, 1985
PublishedJuly 9, 1986
GrantedMay 29, 1991
Term endedDecember 17, 2005
Application numberEP 85309194
Classification (CPC)A61L27/52 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedDec 17, 1985PublishedJuly 9, 1986Patent grantedMay 29, 1991Term endedDec 17, 2005

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