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Artificial cardiac pacemaker

EP 0502918 B1 · Applicant: BIOTRONIK Mess- und Therapiegeräte GmbH & Co Ingenieurbüro Berlin

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  • Filed November 29, 1990 and granted May 25, 1994. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 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 May 29, 2016.
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FiledNovember 29, 1990
PublishedSeptember 16, 1992
GrantedMay 25, 1994
Term endedNovember 29, 2010
Application numberEP 90917743
Classification (CPC)A61N1/36542

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedNov 29, 1990PublishedSep 16, 1992Patent grantedMay 25, 1994Term endedNov 29, 2010

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