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Syringe assembly

EP 0400404 B1 · Applicant: Becton Dickinson and Company

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  • Filed May 17, 1990 and granted October 20, 1993. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 17, 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 November 17, 2015.
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FiledMay 17, 1990
PublishedDecember 5, 1990
GrantedOctober 20, 1993
Term endedMay 17, 2010
Application numberEP 90109311
Classification (CPC)A61M5/3129

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 17, 1990PublishedDec 5, 1990Patent grantedOct 20, 1993Term endedMay 17, 2010

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