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A device for collecting and temporarily storing urine

EP 0285585 B1 · Applicant: Nilsson, Leif

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  • Filed March 17, 1988 and granted May 21, 1997. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 17, 2008.
  • 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 September 17, 2013.
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FiledMarch 17, 1988
PublishedOctober 5, 1988
GrantedMay 21, 1997
Term endedMarch 17, 2008
Application numberEP 88850091
Classification (CPC)A61F5/44 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedMarch 17, 1988PublishedOct 5, 1988Patent grantedMay 21, 1997Term endedMarch 17, 2008

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