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A splint device

EP 0275329 B1 · Applicant: MILLAR MITCHELL & CO. PTY. LIMITED

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  • Filed August 8, 1986 and granted July 24, 1991. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 8, 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 February 8, 2012.
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FiledAugust 8, 1986
PublishedJuly 27, 1988
GrantedJuly 24, 1991
Term endedAugust 8, 2006
Application numberEP 86111007
Classification (CPC)A61F5/05883

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedAug 8, 1986PublishedJuly 27, 1988Patent grantedJuly 24, 1991Term endedAug 8, 2006

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