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Body cavity pressure adjusting system for endoscope

EP 0529432 B1 · Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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  • Filed January 7, 1988 and granted September 25, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 7, 2008.
  • 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 July 7, 2013.
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FiledJanuary 7, 1988
PublishedMarch 3, 1993
GrantedSeptember 25, 1996
Term endedJanuary 7, 2008
Application numberEP 92113838
Classification (CPC)A61B5/03 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJan 7, 1988PublishedMarch 3, 1993Patent grantedSep 25, 1996Term endedJan 7, 2008

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