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Method and apparatus of producing an individually designed prosthetic appliance

EP 0255797 B1 · Applicant: MECRON MEDIZINISCHE PRODUKTE GMBH

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  • Filed August 4, 1987 and granted June 13, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 4, 2007.
  • 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 February 4, 2013.
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FiledAugust 4, 1987
PublishedFebruary 10, 1988
GrantedJune 13, 1990
Term endedAugust 4, 2007
Application numberEP 87730089
Classification (CPC)A61F2/30942

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedAug 4, 1987PublishedFeb 10, 1988Patent grantedJune 13, 1990Term endedAug 4, 2007

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