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Catheter tube and endoscope

EP 0402467 A1 · Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed February 10, 1989 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 10, 2009.
  • 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 10, 2014.
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FiledFebruary 10, 1989
PublishedDecember 19, 1990
GrantedNever granted
Term endedFebruary 10, 2009
Application numberEP 89902294
Classification (CPC)A61B1/018 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedFeb 10, 1989PublishedDec 19, 1990Term endedFeb 10, 2009

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