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EP 0479130 B1 · Applicant: United States Surgical Corporation

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  • Filed September 26, 1991 and granted December 14, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 2011.
  • 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 26, 2017.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1991
PublishedApril 8, 1992
GrantedDecember 14, 1994
Term endedSeptember 26, 2011
Application numberEP 91116438
Classification (CPC)A61B17/3496

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedSep 26, 1991PublishedApril 8, 1992Patent grantedDec 14, 1994Term endedSep 26, 2011

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