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Medical instrument-guiding tube and assembly comprising the same

EP 0227907 B1 · Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA trading as TERUMO CORPORATION

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  • Filed October 24, 1986 and granted June 5, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 2006.
  • 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 24, 2012.
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FiledOctober 24, 1986
PublishedJuly 8, 1987
GrantedJune 5, 1991
Term endedOctober 24, 2006
Application numberEP 86114798
Classification (CPC)A61M25/0668

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 24, 1986PublishedJuly 8, 1987Patent grantedJune 5, 1991Term endedOct 24, 2006

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