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Tensioning device for a guiding wire

EP 0243984 A2 · Applicant: Karl Storz GmbH & Co.

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  • Filed July 4, 1984 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 4, 2004.
  • 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 January 4, 2010.
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FiledJuly 4, 1984
PublishedNovember 4, 1987
GrantedNever granted
Term endedJuly 4, 2004
Application numberEP 87107366
Classification (CPC)A61M25/0097 +1 more

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1985198719891991199319951997199920012003Application filedJuly 4, 1984PublishedNov 4, 1987Term endedJuly 4, 2004

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