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Flow control device having selectable alternative fluid pathways

EP 0528977 B1 · Applicant: PUDENZ-SCHULTE MEDICAL RESEARCH CORPORATION

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  • Filed May 14, 1991 and granted November 2, 1995. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 14, 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 November 14, 2016.
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FiledMay 14, 1991
PublishedMarch 3, 1993
GrantedNovember 2, 1995
Term endedMay 14, 2011
Application numberEP 91910663
Classification (CPC)A61M27/006

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 14, 1991PublishedMarch 3, 1993Patent grantedNov 2, 1995Term endedMay 14, 2011

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