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Two-compartment storage and transfer flask

EP 0462255 B1 · Applicant: Becton Dickinson France S.A.

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  • Filed December 30, 1990 and granted September 21, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 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 June 30, 2016.
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FiledDecember 30, 1990
PublishedDecember 27, 1991
GrantedSeptember 21, 1994
Term endedDecember 30, 2010
Application numberEP 91902154
Classification (CPC)A61J1/2093 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedDec 30, 1990PublishedDec 27, 1991Patent grantedSep 21, 1994Term endedDec 30, 2010

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