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Method and composition for cleaning and disinfecting contact lenses

EP 0384666 B1 · Applicant: BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED

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  • Filed February 16, 1990 and granted November 9, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 2010.
  • 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 August 16, 2015.
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FiledFebruary 16, 1990
PublishedAugust 29, 1990
GrantedNovember 9, 1994
Term endedFebruary 16, 2010
Application numberEP 90301706
Classification (CPC)A61L12/143 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedFeb 16, 1990PublishedAug 29, 1990Patent grantedNov 9, 1994Term endedFeb 16, 2010

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