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EP 0315344 A2 · Applicant: United States Surgical Corporation

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  • Filed October 20, 1988 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 20, 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 April 20, 2014.
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FiledOctober 20, 1988
PublishedMay 10, 1989
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 20, 2008
Application numberEP 88309887
Classification (CPC)A61B17/0643

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 20, 1988PublishedMay 10, 1989Term endedOct 20, 2008

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