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Color stabilized hydrogel dressing and process

EP 0246380 B1 · Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL, INC.

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  • Filed October 29, 1986 and granted December 30, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 29, 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 29, 2012.
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FiledOctober 29, 1986
PublishedNovember 25, 1987
GrantedDecember 30, 1992
Term endedOctober 29, 2006
Application numberEP 86308441
Classification (CPC)A61L26/0066 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedOct 29, 1986PublishedNov 25, 1987Patent grantedDec 30, 1992Term endedOct 29, 2006

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