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Adjustable surgical staple and method of using

EP 0341288 B1 · Applicant: United States Surgical Corporation

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  • Filed October 31, 1988 and granted January 17, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 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 May 1, 2014.
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FiledOctober 31, 1988
PublishedNovember 15, 1989
GrantedJanuary 17, 1996
Term endedOctober 31, 2008
Application numberEP 88910284
Classification (CPC)A61B17/0644

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 31, 1988PublishedNov 15, 1989Patent grantedJan 17, 1996Term endedOct 31, 2008

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