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Tool for securing inner diameter of inner cavity of tubular organ

EP 0380666 B1 · Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed September 22, 1988 and granted December 22, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 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 March 22, 2014.
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FiledSeptember 22, 1988
PublishedAugust 8, 1990
GrantedDecember 22, 1993
Term endedSeptember 22, 2008
Application numberEP 88908351
Classification (CPC)A61F2/95 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedSep 22, 1988PublishedAug 8, 1990Patent grantedDec 22, 1993Term endedSep 22, 2008

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